I have an Object base class, and I have several derived classes called Item, Person, and Location.
Because each of these are derived from Object I need to include Object.h in each of their header files, and I include all of the derived classes in my main.
Because I am doing that I am getting a redefinition error.
What I want to know is what is the correct way to include these files to avoid this error?
Thanks!
EDIT:
object.h
using namespace std;
class Object{
string name;
string description;
public:
Object();
Object(string name, string description);
void set_name(string name);
void set_description(string description);
string get_name();
string get_description();
~Object();
};
item.h
using namespace std;
#include "object.h"
class Item : public Object{
public:
Item();
Item(string name, string description);
};
locale.h
using namespace std;
#include "object.h"
class Locale : public Object{
public:
Locale();
Locale(string name, string description);
};
main.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "locale.h"
#include "item.h"
using namespace std;
int main(){
return 0;
}