Question

To keep things simple, lets say I have a Node class, each node has a Node* to another (previous ) node in a list. I want to create a getter function that, when called upon a Node, returns the pointer to the previous node.

However when I’m defining this function I get the aforementioned error message: Expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '*' token

Would really appreciate and advice!

Here’s my Node class declaration:

template<typename NodeType>
class Node{

   public:
      ...
      Node* GetPrev();

   private:
     ...
      Node* _prev;

};

and implementation:

template <typename NodeType>
Node* Node<NodeType>::GetPrev()
{
   return _prev;
}

Answer 1

Try Node<NodeType>* Node<NodeType>::GetPrev().