No appropriate default constructor available

[Stanislav Simicek]

Hello,

I'm trying to implement "Null-Field" feature (like Stream::Null) in MC++, but I am not able to initialize static member properly due to compiler error C2512 (no appropriate default constructor available):

public __gc class ObjectCollection : public CollectionBase
{
public:
ObjectCollection() { }

// CollectionBase Methods...

private:
__gc class NullObjectCollection; // Forward declaration

public:
static ObjectCollection *Null = new NullObjectCollection(); // <- Error C2512
};

__gc class ObjectCollection::NullObjectCollection : public ObjectCollection
{
public:
NullObjectCollection() { }
};

I've also tried to replace

static ObjectCollection *Null = new NullObjectCollection();

with

static ObjectCollection *Null;

static ObjectCollection() // Static Constructor
{
Null = new NullObjectCollection(); // <- C2512 Too
}

but with the same error... Any ideas? Is is only possible in C#?

[Vladimir Nesterovsky]

"Stanislav Simicek" <Stanislav Si*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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Hello,

I'm trying to implement "Null-Field" feature (like Stream::Null) in MC++, but I am not able to initialize static member properly due to compiler
error C2512 (no appropriate default constructor available):
public __gc class ObjectCollection : public CollectionBase
{
public:
ObjectCollection() { }

// CollectionBase Methods...

private:
__gc class NullObjectCollection; // Forward declaration

public:
static ObjectCollection *Null = new NullObjectCollection(); // <- Error C2512 };

__gc class ObjectCollection::NullObjectCollection : public ObjectCollection {
public:
NullObjectCollection() { }
};

I've also tried to replace

static ObjectCollection *Null = new NullObjectCollection();

with

static ObjectCollection *Null;

static ObjectCollection() // Static Constructor
{
Null = new NullObjectCollection(); // <- C2512 Too
}

but with the same error... Any ideas? Is is only possible in C#?

It's not enough to have type forward declaration to create its instance.
Type definition should be available.
--
Vladimir Nesterovsky
e-mail: vl******@nesterovsky-bros.com
home: www.nesterovsky-bros.com

[Vladimir Nesterovsky]

"Stanislav Simicek" <St**************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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It's not enough to have type forward declaration to create its instance.
Type definition should be available.

The problem is where to define NullObjectCollection, because

public __gc class ObjectCollection ...
{
...
private:
__gc class NullObjectCollection : public ObjectCollection
{
// ...
}
}

does not compile - error C2504 "ObjectCollection: base class undefined".

Try the following:

public __gc class ObjectCollection: public CollectionBase
{
private:
__gc class NullObjectCollection;

static ObjectCollection *Null;

static ObjectCollection()
{
Null = CreateNullCollection();
}

static ObjectCollection * CreateNullCollection();
};

__gc class ObjectCollection::NullObjectCollection : public ObjectCollection
{
};

ObjectCollection * ObjectCollection::CreateNullCollection()
{
return new NullObjectCollection;
}
--
Vladimir Nesterovsky
e-mail: vl******@nesterovsky-bros.com
home: www.nesterovsky-bros.com

[Stanislav Simicek]

Thank you very much, that solves the problem.