Return struct as void

Question

I'm having a function that returns a a void data. And i need to receive it as a structure. eg. say a structure widget_data. a function GetObjectData() that returns a void data.

widget_data *wd=GetObjectData();

and GetObjectData() returns sd->data.

where sd is structure, data is of void type.

when i compile it i get error message like

invalid conversion from void* to widget_data*

Answer 1

static_cast can convert void* to a pointer to a specific type:

widget_data* wd = static_cast<widget_data*>( yourVoidPointer );

Answer 2

widget_data *wd=(widget_data *)GetObjectData();

or

widget_data *wd=reinterpret_cast<widget_data *>(GetObjectData());