error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*'

[zmee]

Hi,

I'm doing a little game in OpenGL for college and I've got these 3 classes in C++:

WarBalls - represents the Game's Application. It is supposed to be a singleton and holds all the Game's Managers.

#ifndef WARBALLS_H
#define WARBALLS_H
 
#include "cg/cg.h"
 
#include "ControllerManager.h"
#include "CameraManager.h"
#include "GameManager.h"
#include "Light.h"
 
#include "NxPhysics.h"
#include "ErrorStream.h"
 
namespace wbproject
{
    class WarBalls : public cg::Application    
    {
    private:
        static WarBalls* instance;
    protected:        
        NxPhysicsSDK* _gPhysicsSDK;
    public:        
        WarBalls();
        ~WarBalls();
        static WarBalls* getInstance();
        void createEntities();        
        CameraManager* getCameraManager();
        NxPhysicsSDK* getPhysics();
    };
}
 
#endif
 

CameraManager - Manages which Camera to render.

#ifndef CAMMANAGER_H
#define CAMMANAGER_H
 
#include "cg/cg.h"
#include "FreeCam.h"
#include "PanoCam.h"
#include "FollowCam.h"
#include "GameManager.h"
 
namespace wbproject{
    class CameraManager :  public cg::Group,
        public cg::GroupDraw,
        public cg::GroupUpdate,
        public cg::GroupReshapeEvent,
        public cg::GroupMouseEvent
    {    
    protected:
        void createEntities();
        void postInit();
    public:
        CameraManager(std::string id);
        ~CameraManager();        
        void switchCamera(int activeCam);
    };
}
 
#endif
 
 

GameManager - Was created to manage the game's rules and state (and possibly, to command a future SceneManager)

#ifndef GAMEMANAGER_H
#define GAMEMANAGER_H
 
#include "cg/cg.h"
#include "Ball.h"
#include "Box.h"
#include "Force.h"
#include "Level.h"
#include "Wall.h"
 
#include "NxPhysics.h"
 
namespace wbproject{    
    class GameManager : public cg::Group,
        public cg::GroupDraw,
        public cg::GroupUpdate
    {
    protected:
        void createEntities();
        void postInit();
    public:
        GameManager(std::string id);
        ~GameManager();
    };
}
#endif
 

Also:
- I'm using VS 2008's VC++;
- the OpenGL libraries, GLU and GLUT are wrapped by a library provided by the teachers (that's the cg/cg.h);
- And the include of the "NXPhysics. h" is for the Nvidia's PhysX engine, but there is nothing implemented to use it yet;

Now, here is my problem:

I'm getting this error: "...\warballs.h (27) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*'"

Everything was fine, until I had to "use" the GameManager inside the CameraManager class.
If i remove the "#include "GameManager.h" " from the CameraManager.h , the errors I get are those for not having the include (like "'GameManag er' : undeclared identifier").

I tried to not "replicate" the "#include "GameManager.h" " removing it from the WarBalls.h (since I have the "ifndef's", should do just the same, right?), but nothing changed....

I found another post about the same error in which someone said to check the ";" after the end of the classes definition (double checked it, but no luck...)

This is the first time I'm working in C++ (I'm more used to Java), and this seems like something very simple, but that I'm not aware of in the including inner process of C/C++...



Thanks in advance.

[gpraghuram]

I thik a ; is missing in the GameMnager.h before the endif(End of the namespace } )


Raghu

[zmee]

I thik a ; is missing in the GameMnager.h before the endif(End of the namespace } )


Raghu

Thanks for your reply!

But, what you're saying would look anything like this? I tried it and the compiler continues to send the same error.

#ifndef GAMEMANAGER_H
#define GAMEMANAGER_H
 
#include "cg/cg.h"
#include "Ball.h"
#include "Box.h"
#include "Force.h"
#include "Level.h"
#include "Wall.h"
 
#include "NxPhysics.h"
 
namespace wbproject{    
    class GameManager : public cg::Group,
        public cg::GroupDraw,
        public cg::GroupUpdate
    {
    (...)
    };
};
 
#endif
 

[newb16]

What if you declare the same function outside the class? Outside the namespace ( with namespace:: qualifier )? In the same header file where the GamaManager is defined?

[zmee]

What if you declare the same function outside the class? Outside the namespace ( with namespace:: qualifier )? In the same header file where the GamaManager is defined?

I think I can't, the function where I call the GameManager is the Manager's init event handler.

    void CameraManager::init(){        
        ((FreeCam *)this->get("FreeCam"))->enable();
        ((PanoCam *)this->get("PanoCam"))->disable();
        ((FollowCam *)this->get("FollowCam"))->disable();
 
        GameManager* gm = ((GameManager *)cg::Registry::instance()->get("GameManager"));
        Ball * b = (Ball *)gm->get("Ball");        
        ((FollowCam *)this->get("FollowCam"))->followObject(b);
 
    }
 

[newb16]

I think I can't, the function where I call the GameManager is the Manager's init event handler.

I said 'declare' - to check if compiler issue an error on the same function ( with the same or other name ) declared in other place.

[zmee]

I said 'declare' - to check if compiler issue an error on the same function ( with the same or other name ) declared in other place.

I'm sorry, I didn't get it the first time.

I created another class

#ifndef TEST_H
#define TEST_H
 
#include "cg/cg.h"
 
#include "CameraManager.h"
 
namespace wbproject2{    
    class Test: public cg::Group,
        public cg::GroupDraw,
        public cg::GroupUpdate
    {
    protected:
        void createEntities();
        void postInit();
    public:
        Test(std::string id);
        ~Test();
        CameraManager* getCameraManager();
    };
}
 
#endif
 

Commented the code in the WarBalls (in the cpp and h), but I'm getting the same error in this one.