MC18 compiler. C pointer question.

typedef unsigned char bool;


//represents an individual menu item which belongs to a menu level
typedef rom struct MenuItem
{

	
		//bool. describes whether or not this node is a top level node.
		//i.e when MenuClick() is called on this item, topLevelHandler will be called 
		//and the current item will be stored in history
		char topLevel;
		//Pointer to an array of characters representing the menu item
		near rom char *text;
			//A pointer which points to the next level up in the menu heirarchy
		//Actually a MenuLevel pointer.
		near rom *subMenu;
			//Pointer to handler method that deals with the application specifics.
		void (*topLevelHandler)(void);

	
}MenuItem;

//represents a level of menu heirarchy.
typedef rom struct MenuLevel
{

    //The index of the current selected menu on this level
    char currentIndex;
    //The length of the item array specified by *items
    bool itemCount; 
    //Pointer to an array of menu items that represent this level
	rom MenuItem *items;
}MenuLevel;

//Pointer to the current menu level
struct MenuLevel *currentLevel;

	MenuItem *item = currentLevel->items;