# Cyclic dependency on header files

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**Category:** Programming & Scripting\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [April 4, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cyclic-dependency-on-header-files/313745 "2015-04-04T01:30:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cyclic-dependency-on-header-files/313745/4 "2015-04-04T05:46:34Z")

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#Wiki For You

I polished and updated my Wiki on Forward Declaration, just forward declare your character class in your inventory class

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#Solution For You in Exact Detail

include your inventory class at the top of your character class

then you should #include your character class only in the .cpp file of your inventory class, avoid trying to access your character class in your inventory .h, You use forward declaration to include a pointer to your character class in your inventory .h, but you dont access its vars in the .h, only in the .cpp

#Summary

inventory class **.h** → forward declares character class (see wiki)

inventory class. **cpp** → now you can #include character class and actually access its functions and vars

character class **.h** → #include your inventory class, use inventory however you like in .h or .cpp

#Wiki Link

**UE4 Forward Declaration**

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Rama

PS: dont mess with the UE4 auto-generated classes files, just do the above, you should make edits only to inventory and character classes at your project level.

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