I'm new to C++, so bear with me. I have a generic class called A. A has a nested class called B. A contains a method called getB(), which is supposed to return a new instance of B. However, I can't get my code to compile. Here's what it looks like:#include

A.h

template <class E>
class A {

public:
    class B {
    public:
        int data;
    };

    B * getB(); 
};

A.cpp

#include "A.h"

template <class E>
A<E>::B * A::getB() {
    return new B();
}

When I try to compile this, I get the following error:

error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '*' token

Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

helixed