VC6: unresolved external (template fn) ...!?

From:
".rhavin grobert" <clqrq@yahoo.de>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:14:48 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<e5e81c5e-e239-4a98-b736-0241e8bb0e7e@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
Hi group....;-)

i have the following class....
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// QSharedReg.hpp

typedef unsigned __int64 QUAD;
using namespace boost;

template<class T> struct _SQSRI {
        QUAD qID;
        shared_ptr<T> pItem;

};

template <class T> class CQSharedReg {
public:
        CQSharedReg();
        virtual ~CQSharedReg();
        inline UINT Count() const {return m_vector.size();};
        shared_ptr<T> const Get(QUAD qID) const;
        shared_ptr<T> const GetByIdx(UINT nIdx) const;
        shared_ptr<T> Register(QUAD qID);
        bool Unregister(QUAD qID);

private:
        std::vector<_SQSRI<T> > m_vector;
};

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....and the following implementation.....
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// QSharedReg.cpp

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
template <class T> CQSharedReg<T>::CQSharedReg() {}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
template <class T> CQSharedReg<T>::~CQSharedReg() {}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
template <class T> shared_ptr<T> const CQSharedReg<T>::Get(QUAD qID)
const {
        register UINT nCnt = Count();
        _SQSRI<T> const* psqri;
        while (nCnt-->0) {
                psqri = &m_vector[nCnt];
                if (psqri == NULL)
                        continue;
                if (psqri->qID != qID)
                        continue;
                return psqri->pItem;
        }
        shared_ptr<T> none;
        return none;

}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
template <class T> shared_ptr<T> const CQSharedReg<T>::GetByIdx(UINT
nIdx) const {
        if (nIdx >= m_vector.size()) {
                shared_ptr<T> none;
                return none;
        }
        return m_vector[nIdx].pItem;

}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
template <class T> shared_ptr<T> CQSharedReg<T>::Register(QUAD qID) {
        shared_ptr<T> pItem = (shared_ptr<T>) Get(qID);
        if (pItem.get() != NULL)
                return pItem;
        _SQSRI<T> sqri;
        sqri.pItem = new T;
        sqri.qID = qID;
        m_vector.push_back(sqri);
        return sqri.pItem;

}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
template <class T> bool CQSharedReg<T>::Unregister(QUAD qID) {
        register UINT nCnt = Count();
        _SQSRI<T>* psqri;
        while (nCnt-->0) {
                psqri = &m_vector[nCnt];
                if (psqri == NULL)
                        continue;
                if (psqri->qID != qID)
                        continue;
                m_vector.erase(psqri);
                return true;
        }
        return false;
}

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the object "QSharedReg.obj" compiles fine (is there anything to
compile!?) but when i instatiate it in another class (here in class
CQElement using) ....

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// from QElement.hpp
        CQSharedReg<CQDetail> m_rDetails;

// from QElement.cpp

        UINT nCnt = m_rDetails.Count();
        shared_ptr<CQDetail> pDetail3 = m_rDetails.Register(3);
        nCnt = m_rDetails.Count();
        shared_ptr<CQDetail> pDetail5 = m_rDetails.Register(5);
        nCnt = m_rDetails.Count();
        if (pDetail5.get() != NULL) {
                shared_ptr<CQDetail> pDetail1 =
m_rDetails.Register(1);
                nCnt = m_rDetails.Count();
        }
        nCnt = m_rDetails.Count();

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....., i get the following error (name-mangling skipped): ...

QElement.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public:
virtual __thiscall CQSharedReg<class CQDetail>::~CQSharedReg<class
CQDetail>(void)"
QElement.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public:
class boost::shared_ptr<class CQDetail> __thiscall CQSharedReg<class
CQDetail>::Register(unsigned __int64)"
QElement.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public:
__thiscall CQSharedReg<class CQDetail>::CQSharedReg<class
CQDetail>(void)"

....so if i interpret it right, the linker tries for example to find a
function
CQSharedReg<class CQDetail>::~CQSharedReg<class CQDetail>(void)
but that function IS defined...

Any help apreciated, TIA, -.rhavin;)

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