No Constructors

Hi all, so I have a C++ question I can't seem to solve. I come from a Java background but am fairly familiar with C/C++. I have a class I'd like to inherit from:

(Not the full header but the meat of it is there, I did not write this and can not change it)

Code:

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namespace bb {
    namespace cascades {
   
    class AbstractPanePrivate;


    class QT_CASCADES_EXPORT AbstractPane : public UIObject {
        Q_OBJECT


    public:
        virtual ~AbstractPane();


    protected:
        /*! \cond PRIVATE */
        explicit AbstractPane(AbstractPanePrivate &_d_ptr);
        /*! \endcond */


    private:     


        Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(AbstractPane)
        Q_DISABLE_COPY(AbstractPane)


        /*! \cond PRIVATE */
        typedef AbstractPane ThisClass;
        typedef UIObject BaseClass;
        /*! \endcond */


    };
}
}

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What I'd like to do is inherit from it but when I try my compiler tells me there's no "no matching function for call". Okay, understandable it's right, there is no matching function. So how exactly do I go about accomplishing this? Also, what is the reason this class was constructed this way, what is the advantage?

Here is a partial header for a class that does successfully inherit from AbstractPane so I know it's possible somehow.

(Again I did not write this, and do not have access to cpp)

Code:

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namespace bb {
    namespace cascades {


        class NavigationPanePrivate;


        class QT_CASCADES_EXPORT NavigationPane : public AbstractPane {
        private:
            Q_OBJECT
                Q_PROPERTY(QDeclarativeListProperty<bb::cascades::AbstractPane> stack READ stack FINAL)
                Q_CLASSINFO("DefaultProperty", "stack")


                Q_PROPERTY(bb::cascades::AbstractPane* top READ top NOTIFY topChanged FINAL)


                Q_PROPERTY(bool backButtonsVisible READ backButtonsVisible WRITE setBackButtonsVisible
                RESET resetBackButtonsVisible NOTIFY backButtonsVisibleChanged FINAL)


        public:


            explicit NavigationPane();
            virtual ~NavigationPane();


            bb::cascades::AbstractPane* top() const;


        private:
            /*! @cond PRIVATE */
            Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(NavigationPane)
            Q_DISABLE_COPY(NavigationPane)


            typedef NavigationPane ThisClass;
            typedef AbstractPane BaseClass;
            /*! @endcond */
        };
    }
}

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Are you trying to call the constructor that takes 1 argument, but not supplying the argument perhaps?

Mind showing what you're doing that doesn't work?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by iMalc

Are you trying to call the constructor that takes 1 argument, but not supplying the argument perhaps?

Mind showing what you're doing that doesn't work?

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The problem is I can't create an AbstractPanePrivate. I've searched through all the libs and there's no AbstractPanePrivate header or object file. So I can't think of any way to subclass AbstractPane as no default constructor is available and I can't figure out a way to use the one requiring an AbstractPanePrivate.

The second code block I provided is basically what I'm doing. Is it even possible that AbstractPanePrivate is not defined anywhere? Is this some sort of trick to stop people from subclassing AbstractPane?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jjetson

The second code block I provided is basically what I'm doing. Is it even possible that AbstractPanePrivate is not defined anywhere? Is this some sort of trick to stop people from subclassing AbstractPane?

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No trick, because if someone wanted you to not create instances of it then they would just make the constructor private.

For the NavigationPane class to be creatable, the AbstractPanePrivate class has to exist somewhere. You just need to find it, and use it, or find and derive from it and use that.

My guess is that you have - deliberately - not been provided with a complete set of source code, and the AbstractPanePrivate is defined only within a compiled object file. If you look, you will also find that the definition (implementation) of some of AbstractPane's member functions (which presumably manage the lifetime of the AbstractPanePrivate) are also not supplied as source.

The fact that the code you have is using a considerable number of macros (which you probably have, but have not posted here) makes the code a little harder to understand as well.