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Extern, Classes and Includes

May 25th, 2009

I'm having some problems trying to solve an apparent circular dependency in a project of mine. I'm working with OpenGL and FLTK to create a Robotics Simulation.

The problem is that I've created a Class FLGLWindow which basically manages a window with rendering capabilities. I also have a Menu class and a Cursor class and they both need information from an FLGLWindow object which is defined as a global variable in main.cpp.

Note: I have #ifndef protectors on all my .h files

So, I include FLGLWindow.h in GLCursor.h and viceversa (GLCursor.h in FLGLWindow.h) because the cursor needs the window properties for plotting and the window needs a cursor. What happens is that GLCursor doesn't recognize itself

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1>GLCursor.cpp
1>h:\documents\technion\robotics cad project\code 0.4\flglwindow.h(91) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'MovementCursors'
1>GLCursor.cpp
1>h:\documents\technion\robotics cad project\code 0.4\flglwindow.h(91) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'MovementCursors'

How can I solve this?

P.S.:
GLCursor.h

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#if !defined(AFX_GLCURSOR_H__F5770C07_1A04_49B2_B726_A2DE0035EB58__INCLUDED_)
#define AFX_GLCURSOR_H__F5770C07_1A04_49B2_B726_A2DE0035EB58__INCLUDED_
 
#if _MSC_VER > 1000
#pragma once
#endif // _MSC_VER > 1000
....
#include "FLGLWindow.h"
....
#if !defined(AFX_GLCURSOR_H__F5770C07_1A04_49B2_B726_A2DE0035EB58__INCLUDED_)
#define AFX_GLCURSOR_H__F5770C07_1A04_49B2_B726_A2DE0035EB58__INCLUDED_

#if _MSC_VER > 1000
#pragma once
#endif // _MSC_VER > 1000
....
#include "FLGLWindow.h"
....

GLCursor.cpp

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#include "GLCursor.h"
 
// ---> Window Parameters
extern FLGLWindow GL_MainWin;
....
#include "GLCursor.h"

// ---> Window Parameters
extern FLGLWindow GL_MainWin;
....

FLGLWindow.h

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// FLGLWindow.h: interface for the FLGLWindow class.
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
#if !defined(AFX_FLGLWINDOW_H__BB630CAB_E928_4E73_800F_2F2B12A40F12__INCLUDED_)
#define AFX_FLGLWINDOW_H__BB630CAB_E928_4E73_800F_2F2B12A40F12__INCLUDED_
 
#if _MSC_VER > 1000
#pragma once
#endif // _MSC_VER > 1000
 
#include <math.h>
#include "Vector.h"
#include <FL/Fl.h>
#include <FL/Fl_Gl_Window.h>
#include <FL/gl.h>
#include <FL/glu.h>
#include "Texture.h"
#include "AuxiliaryFuncs.h"
#include "GLCursor.h"
 
#ifndef M_PI
#define M_PI 3.1415926
#endif
 
class FLGLWindow : public Fl_Gl_Window
{
public:
	// Constructors
	FLGLWindow(int x, int y, int w, int h, const char* WinName);
	FLGLWindow(int w, int h, const char* WinName);
 
	// Destructor
	virtual ~FLGLWindow();
 
	// Callbacks
	void InitFunction(void (*Func)(void)) { InitFunc=Func; }
	void RenderFunction(void (*Func)(void)) { RenderFunc=Func; }
 
	void SetBGColor(float Color1[], float Color2[]);
 
	double GetWorldParameter(int Parameter) {
		switch(Parameter) {
		case 1:	return ogLeft;
		case 2:	return ogRight;
		case 3:	return ogBottom;
		case 4:	return ogTop;
		case 5:	return WorldSize;
		default: return -1;
		}
	}
 
	int MouseX() { return mX; }
	int MouseY() { return mY; }
 
private:
	void draw();				// Overrided for FLTK
	int handle(int event);		// Overrided for FLTK
 
	void InitGL();
	void InitParameters();
	void ReshapeViewport();
	void Perspective(GLdouble fovy, GLdouble aspect, GLdouble zNear, GLdouble zFar);
	void SetLights();
 
	void MoveCamera(int x, int y);
	void MoveCenter(int x, int y);
	void ChangeZoom(int x, int y);
	void UpdateCamera();
 
	// ---> World Parameters
	double WorldSize;
	double ogLeft, ogRight, ogBottom, ogTop, AspectRatio;
 
	// ---> Screen Parameters
	int mX, mY, OldX, OldY;
 
	// ---> Camera Parameters
	Vector CameraCenter, CameraPosition, CameraUp;
	double CameraDistance, MaxDistance, MinDistance;
	double Alpha, Beta;
 
	// ---> Transformation Matrices
	double ModelviewMatrix[16];
	double ProjectionMatrix[16];
 
	// ---> Colors & Materials
	float Zero[4], GradColor1[4], GradColor2[4];
 
	// ---> Movement Cursors
	GLCursor MovementCursors;
 
	// ---> Pointers to Additional Functions
	void (*InitFunc)();
	void (*RenderFunc)();
	bool (*KeybFunc)(unsigned char Key, int State, int x, int y);
	bool (*SpecKeybFunc)(int Key, int State, int x, int y);
	bool (*MouseFunc)(int Button, int State, int x, int y);
 
};
 
#endif // !defined(AFX_FLGLWINDOW_H__BB630CAB_E928_4E73_800F_2F2B12A40F12__INCLUDED_)
// FLGLWindow.h: interface for the FLGLWindow class.
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#if !defined(AFX_FLGLWINDOW_H__BB630CAB_E928_4E73_800F_2F2B12A40F12__INCLUDED_)
#define AFX_FLGLWINDOW_H__BB630CAB_E928_4E73_800F_2F2B12A40F12__INCLUDED_

#if _MSC_VER > 1000
#pragma once
#endif // _MSC_VER > 1000

#include <math.h>
#include "Vector.h"
#include <FL/Fl.h>
#include <FL/Fl_Gl_Window.h>
#include <FL/gl.h>
#include <FL/glu.h>
#include "Texture.h"
#include "AuxiliaryFuncs.h"
#include "GLCursor.h"

#ifndef M_PI
#define M_PI 3.1415926
#endif

class FLGLWindow : public Fl_Gl_Window
{
public:
	// Constructors
	FLGLWindow(int x, int y, int w, int h, const char* WinName);
	FLGLWindow(int w, int h, const char* WinName);

	// Destructor
	virtual ~FLGLWindow();

	// Callbacks
	void InitFunction(void (*Func)(void)) { InitFunc=Func; }
	void RenderFunction(void (*Func)(void)) { RenderFunc=Func; }

	void SetBGColor(float Color1[], float Color2[]);

	double GetWorldParameter(int Parameter) {
		switch(Parameter) {
		case 1:	return ogLeft;
		case 2:	return ogRight;
		case 3:	return ogBottom;
		case 4:	return ogTop;
		case 5:	return WorldSize;
		default: return -1;
		}
	}

	int MouseX() { return mX; }
	int MouseY() { return mY; }

private:
	void draw();				// Overrided for FLTK
	int handle(int event);		// Overrided for FLTK

	void InitGL();
	void InitParameters();
	void ReshapeViewport();
	void Perspective(GLdouble fovy, GLdouble aspect, GLdouble zNear, GLdouble zFar);
	void SetLights();

	void MoveCamera(int x, int y);
	void MoveCenter(int x, int y);
	void ChangeZoom(int x, int y);
	void UpdateCamera();

	// ---> World Parameters
	double WorldSize;
	double ogLeft, ogRight, ogBottom, ogTop, AspectRatio;

	// ---> Screen Parameters
	int mX, mY, OldX, OldY;

	// ---> Camera Parameters
	Vector CameraCenter, CameraPosition, CameraUp;
	double CameraDistance, MaxDistance, MinDistance;
	double Alpha, Beta;

	// ---> Transformation Matrices
	double ModelviewMatrix[16];
	double ProjectionMatrix[16];

	// ---> Colors & Materials
	float Zero[4], GradColor1[4], GradColor2[4];

	// ---> Movement Cursors
	GLCursor MovementCursors;

	// ---> Pointers to Additional Functions
	void (*InitFunc)();
	void (*RenderFunc)();
	bool (*KeybFunc)(unsigned char Key, int State, int x, int y);
	bool (*SpecKeybFunc)(int Key, int State, int x, int y);
	bool (*MouseFunc)(int Button, int State, int x, int y);

};

#endif // !defined(AFX_FLGLWINDOW_H__BB630CAB_E928_4E73_800F_2F2B12A40F12__INCLUDED_)

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Re: Extern, Classes and Includes

May 25th, 2009

This might be worth a shot: As you are going to only declare an object of the class GLCursor in your class FLGLWindow , and are not going to use its member functions directly (i.e, you are going to use the methods provided by GLCursor through the object you created in class FLGLWindow ), then forward declare the class GLCursor in this file. But make sure that you declare the object as a pointer or reference to the class GLCursor .

It should look something like this:

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/*
   Something here
*/
 
// Your includes go here
#include ...
 
//#include "GLCursor.h"  //< You don't require this anymore, delete this
 
class GLCursor;          //< Replace the above with this forward declaration
 
/*
   Something here
*/
 
class FLGLWindow : public Fl_Gl_Window
{
public:
        /* ... Public methods ... */
private:
 
	// ---> Movement Cursors
	GLCursor* MovementCursors;
 
        /* ... Private Methods ... */
 
};
/*
   Something here
*/

// Your includes go here
#include ...

//#include "GLCursor.h"  //< You don't require this anymore, delete this

class GLCursor;          //< Replace the above with this forward declaration

/*
   Something here
*/

class FLGLWindow : public Fl_Gl_Window
{
public:
        /* ... Public methods ... */
private:

	// ---> Movement Cursors
	GLCursor* MovementCursors;

        /* ... Private Methods ... */

};

I have no idea whether this will help solve your problem, but its worth looking into.

Last edited by amrith92; May 25th, 2009 at 3:03 pm.

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Re: Extern, Classes and Includes

May 25th, 2009

try pre-declaring the classes in the header files, but that works only if the object you want to use is a pointer. So you would probably have to change GLCursor MovementCursors to a pointer GLCursor* MovementCursors;

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