enum does not name a type

Question

I have a class Response say.

#include "NetworkResponse.h"


class NetworkResponse;

class Response {
public:
    Response();
    virtual ~Response();
    Response(NetworkResponse * networkResponse);

    NetworkResponses responseCode; // This is an enum and here I get an error


};

#endif  

NetworkResponses is actually an enum defined in the "NetworkResponse.h". Like this:

// "NetworkResponse.h":
#include "Response.h"

enum NetworkResponses {
    Success = 1,
    UserAlreadyExists = 2,
    InvalidUsername = 3,
        SecurityError = 4,
        UnknownError = 5

};
class Response;


class NetworkResponse {

public:
    NetworkResponse();
    virtual ~NetworkResponse();

};

But I get an error: : "NetworkResponses does not name a type" in the Response class definition, when I try to compile. Can someone please help?? I think I am missing something simple. I think I was able to use this enum in other classes successfully, don't know what's wrong in this case... Thanks.

Answer 1

You have a cyclic include dependency: NetworkResponse.h includes Response.h and vice versa. This cannot work. NetworkResponse.h does not need to include Response.h at all, so you can remove that include.

Answer 2

This enum has an underlying type, int in this case. So you can do the following:

int response = Success;

You can use it this way, too. See this.