Re: cannot instantiate abstract class

From:
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:56:03 -0400
Message-ID:
<fdjio3$big$1@news.datemas.de>
PaulH wrote:

I have a c++ applicaiton (as below) and I'm getting a linker error
that has me stumped. error C2259: 'myspace::PolicyImpl<T>': cannot
instantiate abstrace class.

If it's obvious to anybody what I'm doing wrong, please let me know.

   template < typename T >
   class Policy
   {
   public:
       virtual void RemoveAll( ClassA< T, myspace::Policy > *p ) = 0;
       virtual void Add( ClassB< T, myspace::Policy > *p ) = 0;
       virtual void Remove( ClassB< T, myspace::Policy > *p ) = 0;
   };

   template < typename T >
   class PolicyImpl : public Policy< T >
   {
   public:
       PolicyImpl(){};
       void RemoveAll( ClassA< T, myspace::PolicyImpl > *p )
       {
           //...
       }
       void Add( ClassB< T, myspace::PolicyImpl > *p )
       {
           //...
       }
       void Remove( ClassB< T, myspace::PolicyImpl > *p )
       {
           //...
       }
   private:
       //...
   };


So, you hoped to override some virtual members, right? To be the
final overrider, the function has to have the *same signature*, right?
Now, look at the signatures of those functions. Do you notice any
difference, even a very slight one?

When you don't provide a non-pure final overrider to a pure virtual
function, the class is still abstract.

V
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