SmartPtr Issues

From:
mosfet <john.doe@anonymous.org>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:39:39 +0200
Message-ID:
<48a1848b$0$26880$426a74cc@news.free.fr>
Hi,

I am trying to rewrite an existing class used to manage personal
data(Outlook) with Smart Pointers (RefPtr a reference counting ptr):

namespace System{
namespace WindowsMobile{
namespace PocketOutlook{

....

In .h

#include "RefPtr.h"

class OutlookSession : public Object
{
public:
friend class Folder;
friend class ContactCollection;
friend class TaskCollection;

OutlookSession();
virtual ~OutlookSession();

bool get_IsLoggedIn() {return m_bLoggedIn; }

System::RefPtr<ContactFolder> get_Contacts();

protected:

bool m_bLoggedIn;
IPOutlookAppPtr m_pPOOMApp;
RefPtr<ContactFolder> m_rpContactFolder;
};

} // PocketOutlook
} // WindowsMobile
} // System

In .cpp
namespace System{
namespace WindowsMobile{
namespace PocketOutlook{
RefPtr<ContactFolder> OutlookSession::get_Contacts()
{
if ( (m_bLoggedIn == false) )
    return NULL;

if (m_rpContactFolder.isNull() == true)
    m_rpContactFolder = new ContactFolder();

return m_rpContactFolder;
}
}
}
}

But when I compile I get the following error :
 >System.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved
external symbol "public: __cdecl System::RefPtr<class
System::WindowsMobile::PocketOutlook::ContactFolder>::RefPtr<class
System::WindowsMobile::PocketOutlook::ContactFolder>(void)"
(??0?$RefPtr@VContactFolder@PocketOutlook@WindowsMobile@System@@@System@@QAA@XZ)
referenced in function "public: __cdecl
System::WindowsMobile::PocketOutlook::OutlookSession::OutlookSession(void)"
(??0OutlookSession@PocketOutlook@WindowsMobile@System@@QAA@XZ)

1>System.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved
external symbol "public: __cdecl System::RefPtr<class
System::WindowsMobile::PocketOutlook::ContactFolder>::RefPtr<class
System::WindowsMobile::PocketOutlook::ContactFolder>(class
System::WindowsMobile::PocketOutlook::ContactFolder *)"
(??0?$RefPtr@VContactFolder@PocketOutlook@WindowsMobile@System@@@System@@QAA@PAVContactFolder@PocketOutlook@WindowsMobile@1@@Z)
referenced in function "public: class System::RefPtr<class
System::WindowsMobile::PocketOutlook::ContactFolder> __cdecl
System::WindowsMobile::PocketOutlook::OutlookSession::get_Contacts(void)"
(?get_Contacts@OutlookSession@PocketOutlook@WindowsMobile@System@@QAA?AV?$RefPtr@VContactFolder@PocketOutlook@WindowsMobile@System@@@4@XZ)
1>Windows Mobile 6 Standard SDK (ARMV4I)\Debug\TestPoom.exe : fatal
error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals

I don't understand ths missing reference since I am including RefPtr.h
(see below) :

File RefPtr.h
-----------------

#ifndef RefPtr_h
#define RefPtr_h

namespace System{

template<typename T>
class RefPtr
{
public:
    ~RefPtr();
    RefPtr();

    RefPtr(const RefPtr<T>& rhs);
    RefPtr(T* ptr);

    RefPtr<T>& operator=(const RefPtr<T>& rhs);
    RefPtr<T>& operator=(T* ptr);

    bool operator<(const RefPtr<T>& rhs) const;
    bool operator==(const RefPtr<T>& rhs) const;
    bool operator==(const T* rhs) const;
    bool operator!=(const RefPtr<T>& rhs) const;
    bool operator!=(const T* rhs) const;

    bool isNull() const;

    operator bool() const;
    T* operator->() const;
    T& operator*() const;
    T* get() const;

    void Release();

private:
    T* m_ptr;
};

} // namespace System

#include "RefPtr.inl"

#endif

File RefPtr.inl
-----------------
namespace System{

    template<typename T>
    inline
        RefPtr<T>::RefPtr(const RefPtr& rhs) : m_ptr(rhs.m_ptr)
    {
        if(m_ptr)
            m_ptr->AddRef();
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        RefPtr<T>& RefPtr<T>::operator=(const RefPtr<T>& rhs)
    {
        T* const pNew = rhs.get();
        if(m_ptr != pNew)
        {
            T* const pOld = m_ptr;
            if(pNew)
                pNew->AddRef();
            m_ptr = pNew;
            if(pOld)
                pOld->Release();
        }
        return *this;
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        RefPtr<T>& RefPtr<T>::operator=(T* ptr)
    {
        if(m_ptr != ptr)
        {
            if(ptr)
                ptr->AddRef();
            T* const pOld = m_ptr;
            m_ptr = ptr;
            if(pOld)
                pOld->Release();
        }
        return *this;
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        bool RefPtr<T>::operator<(const RefPtr& rhs) const
    {
        return (m_ptr < rhs.m_ptr);
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        bool RefPtr<T>::operator==(const RefPtr& rhs) const
    {
        return (m_ptr == rhs.m_ptr);
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        bool RefPtr<T>::operator==(const T* rhs) const
    {
        return (m_ptr == rhs);
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        bool RefPtr<T>::operator!=(const RefPtr& rhs) const
    {
        return !(*this == rhs);
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        bool RefPtr<T>::operator!=(const T* rhs) const
    {
        return (m_ptr != rhs);
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        RefPtr<T>::operator bool() const
    {
        return (m_ptr!=0);
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        bool RefPtr<T>::isNull() const
    {
        return (m_ptr == 0);
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        T* RefPtr<T>::get() const
    {
        return m_ptr;
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        T* RefPtr<T>::operator->() const
    {
        ASSERT(m_ptr!=0);
        return m_ptr;
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        T& RefPtr<T>::operator*() const
    {
        ASSERT(m_ptr!=0);
        return *m_ptr;
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        RefPtr<T>::~RefPtr()
    {
        Release();
    }

    template<typename T>
    inline
        void RefPtr<T>::Release()
    {
        if(m_ptr)
        {
            m_ptr->Release();
            m_ptr = 0;
        }
    }

} //namespace System

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