--- title: "Interface Pointers Classes (ATL) | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "11/04/2016" ms.reviewer: "" ms.suite: "" ms.technology: - "cpp-windows" ms.tgt_pltfrm: "" ms.topic: "article" f1_keywords: - "vc.atl.pointers.interface" dev_langs: - "C++" helpviewer_keywords: - "pointers, to interfaces" - "interfaces, pointers classes" - "interface pointers classes" ms.assetid: 712617a1-17ae-4b5c-a32c-a48b758df7a6 caps.latest.revision: 10 author: "mikeblome" ms.author: "mblome" manager: "ghogen" translation.priority.ht: - "cs-cz" - "de-de" - "es-es" - "fr-fr" - "it-it" - "ja-jp" - "ko-kr" - "pl-pl" - "pt-br" - "ru-ru" - "tr-tr" - "zh-cn" - "zh-tw" --- # Interface Pointers Classes The following classes manage a given interface pointer: - [CComPtr](../atl/reference/ccomptr-class.md) Performs automatic reference counting. - [CComQIPtr](../atl/reference/ccomqiptr-class.md) Similar to `CComPtr`, but also performs automatic querying of interfaces. - [CInterfaceArray](../atl/reference/cinterfacearray-class.md) Provides methods useful when constructing an array of COM interface pointers. - [CInterfaceList](../atl/reference/cinterfacelist-class.md) Provides methods useful when constructing a list of COM interface pointers. - [CComGITPtr](../atl/reference/ccomgitptr-class.md) Provides methods for dealing with interface pointers and the global interface table (GIT). ## See Also [Class Overview](../atl/atl-class-overview.md)