Linking a shape and Rect? [SOLVED]

[sircuddles]

Apologies in advance because I'm fairly sure this question has a simple answer, I'm just too noob to find it.

I'm using primitives to make a Breakout clone and I'd like to use sf::Rect<int>'s intersect() for all my collision detection, so each object in the game will have an sf::Rect<int> that acts as it's bounding box.  Each object also has an sf::RectangleShape to represent the actual object on screen.

Is there an easy way to keep these two linked?  For example, if I move the object is there an easier way than this?

objectShape.setPosition(x, y);
objectBounding.top = x;
objectBounding.left = y;

[Laurent]

objectBounding = objectShape.getGlobalBounds();

[sircuddles]

sf::RectangleShape p1Shape;
sf::Rect<int> p1BoundingBox;
p1BoundingBox = p1Shape.getGlobalBounds();

Results in 'no operator "=" matches these operands'.

[eXpl0it3r]

That's why there's a documentation...

getGlobalBounds() returns a sf::FloatRect aka sf::Rect<float>.

[sircuddles]

Ahhhh, I gotcha.  I didn't know sf::FloatRect was sf::Rect<float>, so that part had me confused.

Thank you both

[eXpl0it3r]

sf::IntRect and sf::FloatRect are just typedefs for easier usage, see here.