Using typedefs from other classes

Hi,

I have created a public typedef in one class, but I want to use it in another class. Let me clarify using an example:

Code:

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class WhereTypeIsDeclared
{
public:
      typedef enum {RED, GREEN, BLUE, WHITE} Colors;
};

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And now I'm using it in another class:

Code:

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#include WhereTypeIsDeclared // I've used includes AND foward declaration
class WhereTypeIsDeclared;

class WhereTypeIsUsed
{
public:
      void readColor(Colors* c);
};

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How do I make this thing work? Thanks in advance.

Renan M Z Mendes

What about

Code:

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    void readColor(WhereTypeIsDeclared::Colors* c);

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Colors *c ?

Any idea why you would need a pointer to an enumerated constant? It's a read-only value, and there isn't any overhead in passing Colors by value.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by citizen

Colors *c ?

Any idea why you would need a pointer to an enumerated constant? It's a read-only value, and there isn't any overhead in passing Colors by value.

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Since the function name is "readColor", I'm guessing the value of c is going to change inside the function. Why we don't use a reference, I don't know, I'm just copying. Edit: or just return a Colors, although we would still have to use the class name namespace.

The forward declaration, on its own, is neither necessary nor sufficient to be able to use the typedef. You need definition of the class, and then you need to use scoping constructs to access the typedef.

Code:

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class WhereTypeIsDeclared
{
public:
      enum {RED, GREEN, BLUE, WHITE} Colors;
};


class WhereTypeIsUsed
{
public:
      void readColor(WhereTypeIsDeclared::Colors* c);
};

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Thanks, everyone. I forgot about specifying where the type came from. So,

Code:

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WhereTheTypeIsDefined::Colors* c

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really did the trick.

Thanks once again,


Renan M Z Mendes