Unresolved external symbol "public: virtual struct QMetaObject const * __thiscall Parent

Question

I inherited a class from QObject :

class Parent: public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
    QObject* cl;

public:
    Parent(QObject *parent=0):QObject(parent) {
        cl = NULL;
    }

    QObject* getCl() const {
        return cl;
    }
    void setCl(QObject *obj) {
        cl = obj;
    }
};

But when I write :

Parent ev;

I get the following error:

main.obj:-1: error: LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual struct QMetaObject const * __thiscall Parent::metaObject(void)const " (?metaObject@Parent@@UBEPBUQMetaObject@@XZ)

main.obj:-1: error: LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void * __thiscall Parent::qt_metacast(char const *)" (?qt_metacast@Parent@@UAEPAXPBD@Z)

main.obj:-1: error: LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual int __thiscall Parent::qt_metacall(enum QMetaObject::Call,int,void * *)" (?qt_metacall@Parent@@UAEHW4Call@QMetaObject@@HPAPAX@Z)

Answer 1

You should delete the debug folder of your application and run it again to correct this problem.