I would like some help with inheritance syntax

[MDCato]

I want to create a new class called MyMap, and I would like it to inherit the QMap class so that I can extend it's properties, but I keep getting the error:

"error: expected class-name before '{' token"

Is this not possible to do with QMap? if I swap out QMap for something like QObject that error goes away. Any help in this area will be most appreciated. Thank you.

PS i would love a code snipit :) ty!!!

[dheerendra]

It should work. Can you paste the sample code ?

[KillerSmath]

Hi @MDCato and welcome to Qt Forum.

QMap is not a class but a class template, so, you need to specify which type of QMap that you are trying to inherit.

You can decide between 2 approaches:
1) Create a new class template
2) Inherit a specific class from QMap class template.

Create new class template - CustomMap<Key,Value>

#include <QMap>

template <class Key, class Value>
class CustomMap : public QMap<Key, Value>
{
...
};

Create CustomMap that inherits from QMap<QString, int> (QString as Key, Int as Value)

#include <QMap>
#include <QString>

class CustomMap : public QMap<QString, int>
{
  ...
};

[MDCato]

@KillerSmath, that was exactly what I was looking for. I never would have figured that one out by myself in a million years,

Thank you for your help :)