What's the right way to overload the stream operators << >> for my class?

Question

I\'m a bit confused about how to overload the stream operators for my class in C++, since it seems they are functions on the stream classes, not on my class. What\'s the no

Answer 1

The other answers are right. In case it helps you, here's a code example (source):

class MyClass {
  int x, y;
public:
  MyClass(int i, int j) { 
     x = i; 
     y = j; 
  }
  friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &stream, MyClass ob);
  friend istream &operator>>(istream &stream, MyClass &ob);
};

ostream &operator<<(ostream &stream, MyClass ob)
{
  stream << ob.x << ' ' << ob.y << '\n';

  return stream;
}

istream &operator>>(istream &stream, MyClass &ob)
{
  stream >> ob.x >> ob.y;

  return stream;
}