returning object&

[ssaa]

hi guys,
i have the following class

class object {
public
object(parameters);
...
const object& method1(parameters) const;
object& method2(parameters) const;
private
members;
}

the "method1" and "method2" implementations are:
const object& object::method1(parameters) const {
...
object* _obj = new object;
...
return *_obj;
}
object& object::method2(parameters) const {
...
object* _obj = new object;
...
return *_obj;
}

the "object" doesn't have copy constructor. What is the return of the two members? does they return the allocated object ? or does they return a copy of that?
I would like to avoid wasting memory

thaks.

ps. sorry for poor english

[Peter87]

The functions return a reference to the allocated object. You still have to use delete to delete it.

[ssaa]

migth you be more specific writing down an example?

which criteria should i use?
I thought to a container for every allocated addresses in this way, so i can cancel them later, when they are not used.
Is this the rigth way to do this, or am i missing something?