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[Don Head]

I am attempting to pass a paramter using a enum variable.


Code Sample:

public:

enum something{THING1, THING2, THING3}


Passing

the_status = the_object.method(parameter1, parameter2, THING1, parameter3)


I have tried the CLASS::enum member way of reference, to no success.


The problem is trying to pass a variable(the enum member) without hardcoding the

enum member name.


If any one has a hint.


Thanks


Don Head

[Bore]

I'd be interested to see your actual code, as I don't see anything wrong with what you're doing. I do this all the time. But I'm confused by your statement, "...without hardcoding the enum member name." Do you really mean, "...without hardcoding a literal number?" If you don't want to type the enum member *name*, then I'm confused.

[Don Head]

the enum statement is :


enum ContractType {TempAssign, Contract, Request}


The call looks like:


the_status = the_loader.DumpContract(jobid, code, UpLoader::TempAssign, etc ...)


the ContractType is calculated out, and this enum value is passed to the DumpContract

method. It will not be possible to hardcode the 'UpLoader::TempAssign' parameter.

This,I assume it would have to be a variable of some type.


I hope this clears up the question


Thanks

Don

[Bore]

Sorry, I didn't mean this when I said, "actual code." I meant something that would supply a context. But better yet, how about saying what's wrong? I mean, you say that you do this "to no success." What's failing? Compiler error? Incorrect results?

Wait--do you mean you want to pass a variable to DumpContract() that indicates the contract type? If that's the case, then you'll need a field in your contract object that indicates the contract type. You can then pass that field into DumpContract(). Does this help at all?

[Jim McCreary]

The declaration for DumpContract would be something like:


int DumpContract(int jobid, int code, enum ContractType type, .....


or the enum isn't really necessary but you might need:


int DumpContract(int jobid, int code, UpLoader::type, .....


Is this what you were looking for?

[Don Head]

Here is some more code & the error message when compiled.

The caller will calculate the ContractCategoryType(based on various other fields)

using the enum,

DECLARATIONS in HH file:

public:

enum ContractCategoryType {TempAssignment, Contract, Request};

virtual Status DumpContract(int process_job_seq_id,

char trans_code,

int contract_id,

ContractCategoryType the_status,

ServiceStatusType the_status,

string service_type_code,

int cust_gsam_no,

string contract_reference,

string station_number,

char rec_del_type,

date billing_start,

date billing_end,

date renewal,

date termination,

date secondary_term,

int pipeline_log_code,

int pricePoint) const;

THE CALL

the_status = the_uploader.DumpContract(JobSeqId,

Code,

applSn,

contractCategoryType, <-- this causes the error in the compile

serviceStatusType, <-- this also causes errors

// UpLoader::TempAssignment, <-- hard coded works

// UpLoader::InProgress, <-- hard coded works

service,

GsamNo,

queuedString,

applStnNo,

recDelType,

billingStart,

billingEnd,

renewal,

termination,

junkDate,

SegCode,

pPoint);

THE ERROR MESSAGE:

QueuedService.cc: In method `class Status QueuedService::DumpTo(const class UpLoader &)':

QueuedService.cc:184: bad argument 4 for function `class Status UpLoader::DumpContract

(int, char, int, enum UpLoader::ContractCategoryType,

enum UpLoader::ServiceStatusType,

class basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char> >,

int, class basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char> >,

class basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char> >,

char, class date, class date, class date, class date,

class date, int, int) const' (type was class UpLoader)

make: The error code from the last command is 1.

(continuing)

Target "All" did not make because of errors.

Compilation exited abnormally with code 2 at Tue Mar 30 11:44:26



I thank you for your time.

[Bore]

Ok, just one last vital piece of info is missing here: how did you declare the two variables contractCategoryType and serviceStatusType?

[Dave Lorde]

> ContractCategoryType the_status,

> ServiceStatusType the_status,


Did you mean to have two arguments with the same name?


It would help to know how the contractCategoryType and serviceStatusType arguments are declared.


Dave

[Don Head]

I would like to thanks those that took the time to reply. I have figured it out.