linker error

[XX@nnX]

Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this code?

*class.h*

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <string.h>

class Decryption{
public:
	Decryption();
	~Decryption();
	char* decrypt_line(char* buffer);
};
##################################
*class.cpp*

#include "class.h"

char* Decryption::decrypt_line(char* buffer){
	//TO DO: not sure about encription type
	BYTE xor_key;
	for(int i=0;i<sizeof(buffer);i++){
		buffer[i] = buffer[i] ^ xor_key;
	}
	return(buffer);
};

*main.cpp*

#include "class.h"

void main(){
	Decryption *object = new Decryption;
}

It compiles fine but throw linker errors:

1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall Decryption::Decryption(void)" (??0Decryption@@QAE@XZ) referenced in function _main
...\Debug\main.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
1>main - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

I just started writing OO code so I'm not very good at it yet.

[Salem]

> void main()
main returns an int.

Also, you need to add class.cpp to the project, so it gets compiled along with main.cpp.

[ZuK]

Also, you need to add class.cpp to the project, so it gets compiled along with main.cpp.

Either that or you forgot to implement the constructor and destructor of Decryption.
Kurt

[XX@nnX]

i included all the files and still nothing.....about the constructor..... how do I do that?

[ZuK]

your class doesn't need any constructor or destructor so

class Decryption{
public:
	Decryption(){}
	~Decryption(){}
	char* decrypt_line(char* buffer);
};

should be ok, or just delete the declaration. It's just that if you declare them you have to implement them as well.
Kurt

[nadroj]

these are the functions you prototyped in the header:
Decryption();
~Decryption();
char* decrypt_line(char* buffer);

these are the ones you actually implemented in the cpp file:
char* Decryption::decrypt_line(char* buffer)

if you dont know how to implement a constructor give it a guess, or search cplusplus.com for the tutorial or another resource. good luck!

also, do you ever dynamically allocate memory in the decryption class? ie do you ever call malloc in the complete code (or do you plan on it)? if you dont call it, you dont need a descructor, if you do, then keep your destructor.

hope it helps

[XX@nnX]

That helped....thanks everyone