Linker error for signal declaration .

[BibekKumar]

i have 2 classes
@
inside a.h
#include "b.h"
class A:public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
A();
public:
B b;
slot:
A retobj();
};
@

inside a.cpp:
@
A::A()
{
b= new B();
QObject::connect(b,SIGNAL(returnObj(),this,SLOT(retobj()));
}

A * A::retobj()
{
return this ;
}
//----------------
@
inside b.h:
@
class A; //forward declaration
class B:public QObject

{
Q_OBJECT
public:
B();
A a1;
public:
void hello();
signal:
A returnObj();
};
//------------------
@
inside b.cpp:
@
B::B()
{

}

void B::hello()
{
a1= emit returnObj();
}
//------------------
@
inside main:
@
#include "a.h"
#include"b.h"
int main()
{
A * a2= new A();
B * b2=new B();
b->hello();
}
//-------------------------@

The above code is compiling but during linking its showing some problem ..something like unresolved external symbol returnObj();
What might be the reason ..
Thankx in adv ..

[Edit: Cleaned up code formatting, added indentation for legibility -- mlong]

[lgeyer]

Did you re-run qmake?

Be aware that a signal returning a value does work in certain circumstances only (direct or blocking connection, last value from multiple connections).

[dbzhang800]

Hi BibekKumar,

SIGNAL should not be used in this way, and it shouldn't have a return value.

Regards,

[raaghuu]

the correct use for the signal would be like this:

@
signals:
void returnObj(A*);
@

corresponding to slot:

@
public slots: //...or private slots:
void gotObject(A* a1);
@

[EDIT] - error corrected... (thanks for pointing that out Mr.Universe :) )

[Mario84]

Another mistake are your keywords: its not "signal" and "slot" but "signals" and "slots"...
Is this really the original source-code? because this shouldn't compile at all, when I try to define a signal with "signal:", I get the following compiler-error: "Not a signal or slot declaration"