Meta-Stuff in C++

I am using Borland BuilderX for C++ to write the following code:

Code:

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class object
{
protected:
    virtual void finalize(); //basically the destructor
    virtual Object clone(); //to be over-ridden later
public:
    object();
    ~object();
    const char getAddress();
    const char toString();
};
void object::finalize()
{
    ~this();
}
object object::clone()
{
    return new object(*this);
}
const char object::getAddress()
{
    const char[] tmp = &this;
    return tmp;
}
const char object::toString()
{
    const char[] tmp = *this+"@"+*this.getAddress();
    return tmp;
}

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I keep getting errors on several things:

• The protected methods, since they are virtual am I supposed to not give them any sort of method?
• The getAddress() method, and I am confused about what I am supposed to return since my compiler tells me that the memory address isn't a "const char". It doesn't however tell me what to store the address as.

I'm still learning the ropes of C++, as my code snippet may suggest...