[odb-users] Unable to Find Suitable Accessor Function Error

[Greg McKeever]

I am trying to compile a simple class using ODB 2.4.0 on an Ubuntu Linux
machine and I keep getting the following error:

BaseTransferObject.h:24:34: error: unable to find suitable accessor
function 'getPrimaryKey'



The command I am using to compile the class is:

/usr/local/bin/odb -d sqlite BaseTransferObject.h



The source of the file is:

/*
 * BaseTransferObject.h
 *
 *  Created on: Jul 29, 2013
 *      Author: Greg McKeever
 */

#ifndef BASETRANSFEROBJECT_H_
#define BASETRANSFEROBJECT_H_

#pragma db object
class BaseTransferObject
{
  public:
    BaseTransferObject();
    virtual ~BaseTransferObject();

    void setPrimaryKey( long thePrimaryKey );
    long getPrimaryKey();

  private:
    #pragma db id column("idfr") get(getPrimaryKey) set(setPrimaryKey)
    long primaryKey;
};

#endif /* BASETRANSFEROBJECT_H_ */



I am specifying the getter and setter in the pragma since I get the
following error if I do not explicitly set them:

BaseTransferObject.h:23:10: error: data member 'primaryKey' is private and
no suitable accessor function could be automatically found
BaseTransferObject.h:23:10: info: consider making class 'odb::access' a
friend of class 'BaseTransferObject'
BaseTransferObject.h:23:10: info: or use '#pragma db get' to explicitly
specify the accessor function or expression



I tried adding odb::access as a friend class and that fixed this problem,
although I think it created other problems.  Could you please help me as I
can not find anything in the ODB manual about what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Greg