missing the obvious?

[pinsickle]

class BinarySearchTree
{
   public:
      BinarySearchTree
         (void);

      bool addRecursively // calls addRecursive (see private)
         (BinarySearchTreeNode* newAdd);
      
      bool addIteratively
         (BinarySearchTreeNode* newAdd);

      void writeRecursively // calls writeRecursive (see private)
            (ostream& outfile) const;
            
      void writeIteratively // if implemented, requires a stack -
         (ostream& outfile) const; // - see oop06

   private:
      void addRecursively
            (BinarySearchTreeNode* currentRoot,
                  BinarySearchTreeNode* newAdd);

      void writeRecursively
            (ostream& outfile,
               BinarySearchTreeNode* currentRoot) const;

   protected:
      BinarySearchTreeNode* getRoot // provided for descendant classes
               (void) const;

   private:
      BinarySearchTreeNode* root;
};

void writeIteratively (ostream& outfile) 
{
    ThreadedTreeNode* current =  this -> BinarySearchTree::getRoot();// start current at root
    ThreadedTreeNode* previous = 0;
.......

Maybe I am missing the obvious but I can not seem to get the root from the inherited binary search tree. I know my professor is wanting me to use the protected method he provided but when I try to use it with this -> or (*this).getRoot.
I get the error i get the invalid use of this in non member function error. Obviously since root (binary search tree) is private I cannot call it directly. Any help would be appreciated.

[Ancient Dragon]

>>void writeIteratively (ostream& outfile)

That function does not have a this pointer because its not a member of a c++ class. Maybe you meant void BinarySearchTree::writeIteratively(...);

[pinsickle]

>>void writeIteratively (ostream& outfile)

That function does not have a this pointer because its not a member of a c++ class. Maybe you meant void BinarySearchTree::writeIteratively(...);

Sigh...... dumb mistake, I should have caught that. Thanks for your help