Forward declarations and namespaces

[whithers]

How do I do forward declarations when namespaces are involved? For
example, given the following:

-------------------------------------ClassA.h
#ifndef CLASSA_H
#define CLASSA_H

namespace MyNameSpace
{
class A{};
};

#endif


--------------------------------------ClassB.h
#ifndef CLASSB_H
#define CLASSB_H

class A;

namespace MyNameSpace
{
class B
{
MyNameSpace::A* m_pAinst;
};

};

#endif


How do I declare A so I don't have to include the header classA.h in
classB.h

thanks

[David Fisher]

Post by whithers
How do I do forward declarations when namespaces are involved?

You can just say:

namespace MyNameSpace
{
class A;
};

David F

[Sumit Rajan]

Post by whithers
How do I do forward declarations when namespaces are involved? For
-------------------------------------ClassA.h
#ifndef CLASSA_H
#define CLASSA_H
namespace MyNameSpace
{
class A{};
};
#endif
--------------------------------------ClassB.h
#ifndef CLASSB_H
#define CLASSB_H
class A;
namespace MyNameSpace
{
class B
{
MyNameSpace::A* m_pAinst;
};
};
#endif
How do I declare A so I don't have to include the header classA.h in
classB.h
thanks

Try this:
//B.h
#ifndef CLASSB_H
#define CLASSB_H



namespace MyNameSpace {
class A;
class B {
MyNameSpace::A* m_pAinst;
};

}

#endif

//test.cpp
#include "B.h"

int main()
{
MyNameSpace::B b;
}


Regards,
Sumit.

[Sumit Rajan]

Post by whithers

Post by whithers
How do I do forward declarations when namespaces are involved? For
-------------------------------------ClassA.h
#ifndef CLASSA_H
#define CLASSA_H
namespace MyNameSpace
{
class A{};
};
#endif
--------------------------------------ClassB.h
#ifndef CLASSB_H
#define CLASSB_H
class A;
namespace MyNameSpace
{
class B
{
MyNameSpace::A* m_pAinst;

The "MyNameSpace::" part is not really neccessary in the above line -- just
"A* m_pAinst;" would do the job.

Post by whithers

Post by whithers
};
};
#endif
How do I declare A so I don't have to include the header classA.h in
classB.h
thanks

//B.h
#ifndef CLASSB_H
#define CLASSB_H
namespace MyNameSpace {
class A;
class B {
MyNameSpace::A* m_pAinst;
};
}
#endif
//test.cpp
#include "B.h"
int main()
{
MyNameSpace::B b;
}
Regards,
Sumit.

[E. Robert Tisdale]

Post by whithers
How do I do forward declarations when namespaces are involved?
-------------------------------------ClassA.h
#ifndef CLASSA_H
#define CLASSA_H 1
namespace MyNameSpace {
class A{};
};
#endif//CLASSA_H
--------------------------------------ClassB.h
#ifndef CLASSB_H
#define CLASSB_H 1
namespace MyNameSpace {
class A;
class B {
A* m_pAinst;
};
};
#endif//CLASSB_H
How do I declare A so that
I don't have to include the header classA.h in classB.h?

Gasp!