Access violation when accessing an empty map inside a nested class

Access violation when accessing an empty map inside a nested class

I have some code that includes three classes. The relevant class structure
includes the following:
class1 contains a pointer to an instance of class2 class2 contains a
private class3 class, and a function to access a reference to class 3
class3 contains a private map class and a function to check if that calls
map.empty and returns the value.
The problem I am having is when I set this up like so I get an access
violation bool result = class1->class2->GetProperties().CheckEmpty();
But if I set it up like so I don't have any issues bool result =
class2->GetProperties().CheckEmpty();
Why would adding another class layer suddenly cause this problem?
Here is the code I am using to reproduce the error. The two lines in the
in main do not produce an error but comment those and uncomment the other
two and you will get the error.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <map>
class PropertySet
{
public:
PropertySet::PropertySet(){};
PropertySet::~PropertySet(){};
bool CheckEmpty() const { return properties.empty(); }
private:
std::map< std::string, std::string > properties;
};
class Tile
{
public:
Tile::Tile() {};
Tile::~Tile() {};
// Get a set of properties regarding the tile.
const PropertySet &GetProperties() const { return properties; }
private:
PropertySet properties;
};
class Tileset
{
public:
Tileset::Tileset(){};
Tileset::~Tileset(){};
Tile* tile;
};
int main()
{
bool test = false;
//NO error-----------------------------
Tile* t = new Tile();
test = t->GetProperties().CheckEmpty();
//-------------------------------------
//ERROR--------------------------------
//Tileset* t = new Tileset();
//test = t->tile->GetProperties().CheckEmpty();
//-------------------------------------
delete t;
return 0;
}