Forward Declare Structs???

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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How do you forward declare structs from another class? I have found no way to do this as I am fairly new to C++ in UE4.
I have a USTRUCT in an Inventory System Library Class called FBaseItemData. I need to(due to circular dependency) forward
declare that struct in a Master Item Class. But I have no idea how to do this. Some help would be great. I have forward declared the base
class in the Master Item Class but as soon as I add the UPROPERTY() macro above the FBaseItemData which is forward
declared the compiler freaks out. Iā€™m just so stuck so any help would be great.

//============================
// CLASS FORWARD DECLARATIONS
//============================
class UInventory_System_Library;
struct FBaseInventoryItemData;
//===============================================
// MASTER INVENTORY ITEM CLASS DEFINITION
//===============================================

UCLASS(Blueprintable)
class QUEST_ELTALE_KINGDOM_API UMaster_Inventory_Item : public UPlayer_Character_Library
{
GENERATED_BODY()
//This declaration forward declares the Inventory System Library Class.
UInventory_System_Library* Inventory_System_Library_FD_Class;

public:
//====================================
//HOW DO I FORWARD DECLARE THE STRUCT???
//==========================================
UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = ā€œTestā€)
FBaseInventoryItemData* Waaaaaa = Boo;

};

//========================
// END OF SCRIPT
//========================

2

What exactly is the compiler error? Is is something like
ā€œerror : Inappropriate ā€˜*ā€™ on variable of type ā€˜FBaseInventoryItemDataā€™, cannot have an exposed pointer to this type.ā€ ?

As far as i know you canā€™t have a pointer to a struct/USTRUCT if you declare it a UPROPERTY.
If you want to use pointers and UPROPERTY/Blueprint access, use UObjects, otherwise you need to use the struct as a reference or a ā€œfullā€ (non-pointer/non-reference) class member.

3

Its coming up with the struct not being a valid type and needs to be a UENUM,USTRUCT etc etc and both my classes derive from UObject as well.

4

And if you cant declare it in the header file is it possible to declare a variable in the .cpp file at all?

5

You canā€™t forward declare a struct that is used as a non-pointer (since the size of the struct must be known at compile time) and you cannot tag a struct pointer as UPROPERTY, so you must put that struct on a .h file and include it in your header.

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