I am a newbie to C++/CLI and is having some problems trying to override the Equal method of the base Object class. I get the following compilation warning error for the following code. How should this be corrected?
Warning 1 warning C4490: 'override' : incorrect use of override specifier; 'Test::Sample::Equal' does not match a base ref class method c:\project\code\Sample.h 18
Error 2 error LNK2022: metadata operation failed (80131187) : Inconsistent method declarations in duplicated types (types: Test.Sample; methods: Equal): (0x06000002). Sample.obj
Edit 3: I changed "Equal" to "Equals", removed override keyword in source file but error 2 still stands.
// Header File
public ref class Sample : public Object
{
public:
int someVariable;
virtual bool Equals(Object^ obj) override;
virtual int GetHashCode() override;
}
// Source File
bool Sample::Equals(Object^ obj)
{
if ( obj == nullptr || GetType() != obj->GetType() )
return false;
Sample^ p = dynamic_cast<Sample^>(obj);
return (someVariable == p->someVariable);
}
int Sample::GetHashCode()
{
return GetHashCode();
}
The name of the method is not Equal
, it's Equals
. You shouldn't use virtual
or override
keywords in the implementation:
ref class Test {
public:
virtual bool Equals(Object^ o) override;
virtual int GetHashCode() override;
};
bool Test::Equals(Object^ o) { // no "override" here
//...
}
int Test::GetHashCode() { // no "override" here
//...
}