Re: vftable not found when __declspec(dllimport) used
BoHuang wrote:
I have class RTRTwrapper implementing an abstract class PluginInterface with
pure virtual functions.
This is a DLL project so RTRTwrapper is declared as
class __declspec(dllimport) RTRTwrapper : public PluginInterface
When building, I get
Error 53 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport)
const RTRTwrapper::`vftable'" (__imp_??_7RTRTwrapper@@6B@) referenced in
function "public: __thiscall RTRTwrapper::RTRTwrapper(void)"
(??0RTRTwrapper@@QAE@XZ) RTRTwrapper.obj
Moreover, I get alot of:
2>..\..\RTRT_dll\RTRTwrapper.cc(42) : warning C4273:
'RTRTwrapper::getManipulator' : inconsistent dll linkage
Just for tests, I do not get any linking error if I use any of the follow
declaration:
//class __declspec(dllexport) RTRTwrapper : public PluginInterface
//class RTRTwrapper : public PluginInterface
I do get the same linking error if using:
//class __declspec( dllimport ) RTRTwrapper
What am I doing wrong? When should I use dllexport instead?
BoHuang:
This may not be relevant to your question, but if you are creating plugin DLL's
with a pure abstract base class (interface), you do not normally export classes,
rather you export factory methods for creating those classes.
The whole point of a plugin architecture is that the client application does not
know about the available plugins at compile time.
--
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