undefined reference to vtable error

[PaulDaviesC]

Here is a simple Qt code I have written to study signals and slots concept :-

#include<QObject>
class A : public QObject{
        Q_OBJECT
        public:
                A(){val=0;}
        public slots:
                void changeval(int n){
                        val=n;
                        emit changed(val);
                }
        signals:
                void changed(int n);
        private:
                int val;
};
int main()
{
        A l,m;
}

#include<QObject>
class A : public QObject{
        Q_OBJECT
        public:
                A(){val=0;}
        public slots:
                void changeval(int n){
                        val=n;
                        emit changed(val);
                }
        signals:
                void changed(int n);
        private:
                int val;
};
int main()
{
        A l,m;
}

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I followed the following to "make" it
1.qmake -project
2.qmake
3.make
And at the last phase, I got an error as :

communicate.o: In function `main':
communicate.cpp:(.text+0x2d): undefined reference to `vtable for A'
communicate.cpp:(.text+0x4d): undefined reference to `vtable for A'
communicate.cpp:(.text+0x68): undefined reference to `vtable for A'
communicate.cpp:(.text+0x8d): undefined reference to `vtable for A'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [firstapp] Error 1

communicate.o: In function `main':
communicate.cpp:(.text+0x2d): undefined reference to `vtable for A'
communicate.cpp:(.text+0x4d): undefined reference to `vtable for A'
communicate.cpp:(.text+0x68): undefined reference to `vtable for A'
communicate.cpp:(.text+0x8d): undefined reference to `vtable for A'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [firstapp] Error 1

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I don't have no idea how does this happen. Can you please help me out?

[Lesiok]

Q_OBJECT macro is correctly supported only in header files. You must create h file with definition of class A and cpp file with its implementation.

[Zlatomir]

The simple ("long term") solution is to define classes in their own .h and .cpp files.
Else you will need to include "main.moc" (it might have a different name) so that the compiler can "see" the generated code for your signals and slots, and that code is the .moc file.

[PaulDaviesC]

Finally I fixed it by keeping a separate header file.

[zephod]

I had the same problem yesterday.

See the thread http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/4857...Y-and-Q_OBJECT

Perhaps the docs could changed to make this clearer for us newbies?