Re: non-aggregate type problem

["Stuart Brooks" <stuartb at cat dot co dot za>]

I think your SendHELO method should look like this... (note the "->")

int Sender::sendHELO()
{
 theConnector->sendMessage( "HELO test" );
}

Regards
 Stuart


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andre Kirchner" <supercroc1974@yahoo.com>
To: <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:14 AM
Subject: non-aggregate type problem


> Hi,
> 
> could someone please explain me the meaning of
> "request for member `sendMessage' in
> 'this->Sender::theConnector', which is of
> non-aggregate type `Connector*'"?
> 
> In the following code I created an object Connector
> called theConnector. Then when I created an object
> Sender called theSender, I passed a pointer to
> theConnector as a parameter.
> I thought it would allow the to use theConnector
> object inside theSender, but for some reason it is not
> working.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andre
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> main.cpp:
> 
> #ifndef MAIN
> # define MAIN
> # include "main.h"
> #endif
> 
> int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
> {
> char theMessage[ 256 ];
> Connector theConnector;
> Sender theSender( &theConnector );
> 
> bzero( theMessage, 256 );
>     theConnector.establishConnection( "65.54.252.99",
> 25 );
> 
> theConnector.receiveMessage( theMessage, 255 );
> printf( "%s\n", theMessage );
> 
> theSender.sendHELO();
> theConnector.receiveMessage( theMessage, 255 );
> printf( "%s\n", theMessage );
>     
>     theConnector.closeConnection();
> 
> return ( EXIT_SUCESS );
> }
> 
> ____________________________________________
> Sender.h:
> 
> #ifndef STRING
> # define STRING
> # include <string.h>
> #endif
> 
> #ifndef CONNECTOR
> # define CONNECTOR
> # include "Connector.h"
> #endif
> 
> class Sender
> {
>   public:
>     Sender(){};
>     Sender( Connector * newConnector );
>     ~Sender(){};
>     int setOrigin( const char * newOrigin );
>     int setDestiny( const char * newDestiny );
>     int setData( const char * newData );
>     int sendHELO();
>     int sendMAILFROM();
>     int sendRCPT();
>     int sendDATA();
>     
>   private:
>     char theOrigin[ 256 ], theDestiny[ 256 ], theData[
> 256 ];
>     Connector * theConnector;
> };
> _____________________________________________
> Sender.cpp:
> 
> #ifndef SENDER
> # define SENDER
> # include "Sender.h"
> #endif
> 
> int Sender::sendHELO()
> {
> theConnector.sendMessage( "HELO test" );
> }
> 
> _________________________________________________
> Connector.h:
> 
> class Connector
> {
>   public:
>     Connector(){};
>     ~Connector(){};
>     int establishConnection( const char *
> theMailServerName, int thePortNumber );
>     int sendMessage( const char * theMessage );
>     int receiveMessage( char * theMessage, int
> theMessageLength );
>     int closeConnection();
> 
>   private:
>     int sockfd;
> };
> 
> 
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