Why do linked lists use pointers instead of storing nodes inside of nodes

Question

I\'ve worked with linked lists before extensively in Java, but I\'m very new to C++. I was using this node class that was given to me in a project just fine

Answer 1

Because this in C++

int main (..)
{
    MyClass myObject;

    // or

    MyClass * myObjectPointer = new MyClass();

    ..
}

is equivalent to this in Java

public static void main (..)
{
    MyClass myObjectReference = new MyClass();
}

where both of them create a new object of MyClass using the default constructor.