C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*'

Question

Following bit of code is throwing error. I have no idea why. Can anyone shed some light? All codes are on different files.

#ifndef MAINSESSION_H
#define MAINSESSION_H
#include "sessionsuper.h"
#include "mainwindow.h"
class MainSession : public SessionSuper
{
public:
    MainSession();
private:

};

#include "mainsession.h"

MainSession::MainSession()
{

}

#endif // MAINSESSION_H
#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H
#include "mainsession.h"
#include <QMainWindow>

namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~MainWindow();

private:
    Ui::MainWindow *ui;
    MainSession *ms;   //Error here
};

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H

#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QMainWindow(parent),
    ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);
    //ms=new MainSession(this);
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
    delete ui;
}
#ifndef SESSIONSUPER_H
#define SESSIONSUPER_H

class SessionSuper
{
public:
    SessionSuper();
};

#endif // SESSIONSUPER_H
#include "sessionsuper.h"

SessionSuper::SessionSuper()
{
}

Error:

d:\qtsrc\untitled4\mainwindow.h:20: error: C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*'

d:\qtsrc\untitled4\mainwindow.h:20: error: C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int d:\qtsrc\untitled4\mainwindow.h:20: error: C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int

Am using Qt+msvc10.0 compiler.

Update:-

#ifndef MAINSESSION_H
#define MAINSESSION_H
#include "sessionsuper.h"
#include "mainwindow.h"
class MainSession : public SessionSuper
{
public:
    MainSession(MainWindow*);
private:
MainWindow *mw;
};

#endif // MAINSESSION_H
#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H
#include "mainsession.h"
#include <QMainWindow>

namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~MainWindow();

private:
    Ui::MainWindow *ui;
    MainSession *ms;
};

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H
#ifndef SESSIONSUPER_H
#define SESSIONSUPER_H

class SessionSuper
{
public:
    SessionSuper();
};

#endif // SESSIONSUPER_H
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include <QApplication>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
    MainWindow w;
    w.show();

    return a.exec();
}
#include "mainsession.h"

MainSession::MainSession(MainWindow mss)
{
  mw=mss;

}
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QMainWindow(parent),
    ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);
    //ms=new MainSession(this);
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
    delete ui;
}
#include "sessionsuper.h"

SessionSuper::SessionSuper()
{
}

Errors:- a lot more but of same type

Answer 1

You have circular include, forward declaration MainSession type to break the current circula include issue.

In MainWindow.h

//#include "mainsession.h" comment out this line

class MainSession;     // add forward declaration
class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    //...
    MainSession *ms; //Error here.
};