expected class-name before ‘{’ token error

Question

I'm working on SFML here and I want to create my own RenderWindow class with Legacy. But the g++ prints this error: expected class-name before ‘{’ token at line 7 in .hpp

I all ready ask Google about it but I didn't find what I was expecting at so I hope you will be able to help me to find this out :)

my_render_window.hpp

#ifndef MY_RENDER_WINDOW_HPP_
# define MY_RENDER_WINDOW_HPP_

# include <SFML/Window.hpp>

class MyRenderWindow : public sf::RenderWindow
{
public:
  MyRenderWindow();

protected:

};

#endif /* !MY_RENDER_WINDOW_HPP_ */

my_render_window.cpp

#include "my_render_window.hpp"

MyRenderWindow::MyRenderWindow(): sf::RenderWindow()
{

}

I compile correctly without these files and taking base sf::RenderWindow class to run with.

The documentation says to include `RenderWindow.hpp` for `sf::RenderWindow`. — chris, Nov 21 '14 at 13:49
So weird, I compile correctly with with sfml and when I use sf::RenderWindow in my main there is no problems here. And in my main there is the same include instruction — Rodolphe Chartier, Nov 21 '14 at 13:49
@chris, ah, sorry, I failed to see it was a constructor. My bad. — Frédéric Hamidi, Nov 21 '14 at 13:50
@chris Window.hpp include RenderWindow.hpp itself, it's like a big include file. — Rodolphe Chartier, Nov 21 '14 at 13:51
@RodolpheChartier, It doesn't seem that way from [this](http://sfml-dev.org/documentation/1.6/Window_8hpp_source.php) or [this](http://sfml-dev.org/documentation/2.0/Window_8hpp_source.php). The `Window/Window.hpp` they include doesn't seem to either. Of course I kind of just reasoned that the other included headers looked unlikely to. — chris, Nov 21 '14 at 13:53
@chris I try to only include Window.hpp, and got the same errors... :( — Rodolphe Chartier, Nov 21 '14 at 13:54
@RodolpheChartier: Does it work if you include `RenderWindow.hpp`? The [documentation](http://sfml-dev.org/documentation/2.0/classsf_1_1RenderWindow.php) certainly says you need that header, not `Window.hpp` (which as far as I can see doesn't include `RenderWindow.hpp`). — Mike Seymour, Nov 21 '14 at 13:59
@chris Yes I tried this but it cannot find the file and I tried a lot of possibilities for sure — Rodolphe Chartier, Nov 21 '14 at 14:02

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '14 at 14:01

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Okay, I dont know why but with this include #include <SFML/Graphics.hpp> just after the #include <SFML/Window.hpp> it works !

So weird... :( #include <SFML/Graphics.hpp> may includes a file that I need to.

answered Nov 21 '14 at 14:01

Rodolphe Chartier

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Looks like `Graphics.hpp` includes `Graphics/RenderWindow.hpp`, which corresponds to the listed general `RenderWindow.hpp` they have. I find that a little bit confusing, but ok. – chris Nov 21 '14 at 14:05
RenderWindow is part of SFML/Graphic not SFML/Window so my bad... :S I just find this reading the Window and Graphics header files... – Rodolphe Chartier Nov 21 '14 at 14:43

expected class-name before ‘{’ token error

my_render_window.hpp

my_render_window.cpp

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