How to create two classes in C++ which use each other as data?

Question

I'm looking to create two classes, each of which contains an object of the other class type. How can I do this? If I can't do this, is there a work-around, like having each class contain a pointer to the other class type? Thanks!

Here's what I have:

File: bar.h

#ifndef BAR_H
#define BAR_H
#include "foo.h"
class bar {
public:
  foo getFoo();
protected:
  foo f;
};
#endif

File: foo.h

#ifndef FOO_H
#define FOO_H
#include "bar.h"
class foo {
public:
  bar getBar();
protected:
  bar b;
};
#endif

File: main.cpp

#include "foo.h"
#include "bar.h"

int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  foo myFoo;
  bar myBar;
}

$ g++ main.cpp

In file included from foo.h:3,
                 from main.cpp:1:
bar.h:6: error: ‘foo’ does not name a type
bar.h:8: error: ‘foo’ does not name a type

Answer 1

That doesn't make sense. If A contains B, and B contains A, it would be infinite size. Imagine putting having two boxes and trying to put both into each other. Doesn't work, right?

Pointers work though:

#ifndef FOO_H
#define FOO_H

// Forward declaration so the compiler knows what bar is
class bar;

class foo {
public:
  bar *getBar();
protected:
  bar *b;
};
#endif