Наметочки-наметки

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <deque>
#include <iostream>

class Connection
{
private:
    char symb;
    int startState;
    int *states[2];
public:
    Connection() { symb = NULL; states[0] = NULL; states[1] = NULL; };
    ~Connection() {};
    Connection(char s, int start, int fin)
    {
        symb = s;
        startState = start;
        states[0] = &fin;
    }
    void patch(Connection cnt1, Connection cnt2, int end1)
    {
        *cnt1.states[end1] = cnt2.startState;
    }
    int getStartState()
    {
        return startState;
    }
    void getInfo()
    {
        std::cout << startState << "---" << symb << "--> " << *states[0];
    }
    int* getFinStates()
    {
        if (states[1] == NULL)
            return states[0];
        else
            return *states;
    }
};

int main()
{
    char *txt = new char[255];
    int counter = 0;
    int i = 0;
    while (std::cin >> txt[i])
        i++;
    txt[i] = '\0';
    std::cout << std::endl;
    if (txt[0] == '\0')
    {
        std::cout << "String is empty" << std::endl;
        return 0;
    }

    std::deque<Connection> FSM(0);
    i = 0;
    while (txt[i] != '\0')
    {
        switch (txt[i])
        {
        default:
        {
            counter = counter + 1;
            Connection *cnt = new Connection(txt[i], counter-1, counter);
            FSM.push_back(*cnt);
            delete cnt;
            break;
        }
        case '.':
        {
            i++; counter = counter + 1;
            Connection *cnt1 = new Connection(txt[i], FSM[FSM.size() - 1].getFinStates()[0], counter);
            FSM.push_back(*cnt1);
            delete cnt1;
            break;
        }
        }
        i++;

    }
    for (int j = 0; j < FSM.size(); j++)
        FSM[j].getInfo();
    return 0;
}