Class A initialisation within class B containing pointer to class A
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

class A {
public:
    A(const int pInt) {mInt = pInt;}
    void print() {std::cout << mInt << std::endl;}
private:
    int mInt; //some data
};

class B {
public:
   B() {mP1 = new A(1);} //initialise to 1
   ~B() {delete mP1;}
   A& access() {return *mP1;} //return reference to the data

private:
    A* mP1; //pointer to some data
};

int main() {
    B vB;
    vB.access().print(); //this works.

    B *vBptr;
    vBptr->access().print(); //Segmentation fault!

    std::vector<B*> vVec;
    vVec.resize(1);
    vVec[0]->access().print(); //Segmentation fault!
}

B *vBptr;

B *vBptr = new B();

vVec.resize(1);

vVec.resize(1,new B());

B *vBptr = new B;
vBptr->access().print();

for ( int i = 0 ; i < vVec.size() ; i++ )
   vVec[i] = new B;

delete vBptr;

for ( int i = 0 ; i < vVec.size() ; i++ )
   delete vVec[i];

B *vBptr;          // bad -- uninitialized
B *vBptr = new B;  // proper

B vB;
vB.access().print(); //this works.

B *vBptr = new B;//allocate memory for vBptr
vBptr->access().print();
delete vBptr;//clean up of vBptr
std::vector<B*> vVec;
vVec.push_back(new B);
vVec[0]->access().print();
delete vVec[0];

class B {
public:
   B():mP1(new A(1)) {} //initialise to 1
   ~B() {} //no extra managing necessary
   A& access() {return *mP1;} //return reference to the data

private:
    std::shared_ptr<A> mP1; //pointer to some data
};

int main() {
    B vB;
    vB.access().print(); //this works.

    std::shared_ptr<B> vBptr(new B);
    vBptr->access().print();

    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<B> > vVec;
    vVec.push_back(std::shared_ptr<B>(new B));
    vVec[0]->access().print();
}

B *vBptr;
vBptr->access().print(); //Segmentation fault!

std::vector<B*> vVec;
vVec.resize(1);
vVec[0]->access().print(); //Segmentation fault!

B vB;
vB.access().print();

B *vBptr = &vB; // or B *vBptr = new B;
vBptr->access().print();

std::vector<B*> vVec;
vVec.push_back(&vB);  // vVec.push_back(new B);
vVec[0]->access().print();

class B {
 public:
  //   B() {}
  //   ~B() {}
  A& access() {return a;}

private:
   A a;};

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include "boost/smart_ptr.hpp"

class A {
public:
    A(const int pInt) {mInt = pInt;}
    void print() const {std::cout << mInt << std::endl;}
    void set(const int pInt) {mInt = pInt;}
private:
    int mInt; //some data
};

class B {
public:
    B() {}  //leave A pointer as null
    ~B() { } //delete handled by shared_ptr
    A& access() {return *mP1;} //return reference to the data
    boost::shared_ptr<A>& access_A_ptr() {return mP1;} //return the pointer for assignment

private:
    boost::shared_ptr<A> mP1;
};

int main() {

    std::vector< boost::shared_ptr<A> > vVecA; //data to be shared
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
        boost::shared_ptr<A> vAptr(new A(i));
        vVecA.push_back(vAptr);
        vVecA[i]->print();
    }

    vVecA[2]->set(123);

    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vVecA.size(); i++) {
        vVecA[i]->print(); //changes to the underlying objects are reflected
    }

    boost::shared_ptr<B> vBptr(new B); //make an empty B
    vBptr->access_A_ptr() = vVecA[2]; //assignment of shared pointer

    vBptr->access().print();

    std::cout << "use count of vVecA[1] = " << vVecA[1].use_count() << std::endl; // = 1
    std::cout << "use count of vVecA[2] = " << vVecA[2].use_count() << std::endl; // = 2

    std::vector< boost::shared_ptr<B> > vVecB;

    //vVecB.resize(vVecA.size(), boost::shared_ptr<B> (new B) ); //resize and init to a SINGLE B object, NO!!!

    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vVecA.size(); i++) {
        vVecB.push_back(boost::shared_ptr<B> (new B)); //filling array with separate empty Bs
        vVecB[i]->access_A_ptr() = vVecA[i];
        vVecB[i]->access().print(); // = 0,1,123,3,4
    }

    vVecA[2]->set(2); //changes to A objects reflected in the B objects

    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vVecB.size(); i++) {
        vVecB[i]->access().print(); // = 0,1,2,3,4
    }

    std::cout << "use count of vVecA[1] = " << vVecA[1].use_count() << std::endl; // = 2
    std::cout << "use count of vVecA[2] = " << vVecA[2].use_count() << std::endl; // = 3

}