Inheritance and using static variables

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code begin:

connection.h // base class

class Connection{

private:
static int clientSockfd;
static int serverSockfd;

public:
Connection() {};
int getClientSockfd{return clientSockfd;};
int getServerSockfd{return serverSockfd;};
void setClientSockfd(int val) {clientSockfd=val;};
void setServerSockfd(int val) {serverSockfd=val;};
};

client.h // client class

class Client : public Connection {

public:
Client(){};
void processMessageMT6523();
};

client.cpp //

int main(....) {

Client *myClient;
int sockfd;

sockfd = socket(.....);

myClient->setClientSockfd(sockfd);

// I put this statement in to debug...at this point server will have already
kicked of and should have set it's sockfd via the "setServerSockfd" I
just wanted to print out the value i always get 0 which is wrong.

cout << "Server Sockfd --> " << myClient->getServerSockfd() << endl;

}

server.h // server class

class Server : public Connection {

public:
Server(){};
void processMessageMT4590;
};

server.cpp //

int main(....) {

Server *myServer;
int sockfd;

sockfd = socket(.....);

myServer->setServerSockfd(sockfd);

}

code end:



I kick off the server first so it can set its sockfd, but when i try to access "serverSockfd" via the "myClient->getServerSockfd()" i get 0.

What am i missing?