slot error using QNetworkAccessManager

Question

I am trying to implement a basic http connection http://developer.nokia.com/community/wiki/Creating_an_HTTP_network_request_in_Qt into Qt but I have difficultly implementing the slot. I am a Qt novice.

C:\Qt5\Tools\QtCreator\bin\miniHTTP\main.cpp:10: error: request for member 'Test' in 'mTest', which is of non-class type 'coreEng()' mTest.Test();

//main.cpp

#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <coreeng.h>


int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);

    coreEng mTest;
    mTest.Test();
    return a.exec();
}

//coreeng.h

#ifndef COREENG_H
#define COREENG_H
#include <QDebug>
#include <QObject>
#include <QNetworkAccessManager>

class coreEng : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    explicit coreEng(QObject *parent = 0);
    void Test();
private slots:

public slots:
    void connect();
    void url();
    void finishedSlot();


private:
    QNetworkAccessManager* nam;

};

#endif // COREENG_H

//coreeng.cpp

#include "coreeng.h"
#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
#include <QUrl>
#include <QNetworkRequest>
#include <QNetworkReply>
#include <QImageReader>

coreEng::coreEng(QNetworkReply* parent) :
    QObject(parent)

{
}

void coreEng::Test();

void coreEng::connect(){
    QObject::connect(nam, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)),
    this, SLOT(finishedSlot(QNetworkReply*)));
}

void coreEng::url(){
    QUrl url("http://www.forum.nokia.wiki");
    QNetworkReply* reply = nam->get(QNetworkRequest(url));
}


void coreEng::finishedSlot(QNetworkReply* reply){

    QVariant statusCodeV = reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::HttpStatusCodeAttribute);

    QVariant redirectionTargetUrl = reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::RedirectionTargetAttribute);

    if (reply->error() == QNetworkReply::NoError)
    {

        QImageReader imageReader(reply);
        QImage pic = imageReader.read();

        QByteArray bytes = reply->readAll();  // bytes
        QString string(bytes); // string
    }

    else
    {

    }

    delete reply;

}

Answer 1

One problem is you are running into the most vexing parse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_vexing_parse

Most vexing parse

Change

coreEng mTest();

to

coreEng mTest;

A second problem is your constructor in coreeng.cpp has the wrong signature

Change:

coreEng::coreEng(QNetworkReply*) :
    QObject(parent)

to

   coreEng::coreEng(QObject* parent) :
        QObject(parent)