Class 'is not a template type'

What does this error mean? ``` Generic.h:25: error: 'Generic' is not a template type ``` Here's Generic. ``` template <class T> class Generic: public QObject, public CFG, public virtual Evaluator { Q_OBJECT std::string key_; std::vector<std::string> layouts_; std::vector<std::string> static_widgets_; std::map<std::string, std::vector<widget_template> > widget_templates_; std::map<std::string, Widget *> widgets_; int type_; LCDWrapper *wrapper_; protected: LCDText *lcdText_; public: Generic(Json::Value *config, int type); ~Generic(); void CFGSetup(std::string key); void BuildLayouts(); void StartLayout(); int GetType() { return type_; } //T *GetLCD() { return lcd_; } LCDText *GetLCDText() { return lcdText_; } virtual void Connect(){}; virtual void SetupDevice(){}; std::map<std::string, Widget *> Widgets(); std::string CFG_Key(); LCDWrapper *GetWrapper() { return wrapper_; } }; ``` Is the problem that it subclasses other classes? I tried an experiment testing that theory, but it didn't produce this error. Edit: Ok, so a couple of you guys pointed out I could be forward declaring Generic elsewhere without making it a template class. That's true. And when I make it a template, I get another error. Property.h:15: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'Generic' with no type ``` template <class T> class Generic; class Property : public CFG { Generic *visitor; // line 15 bool is_valid; QScriptValue result; Json::Value *expression; public: Property(const Property &prop); Property(Generic *v, Json::Value *section, std::string name, Json::Value *defval); ~Property(); bool Valid(); int Eval(); double P2N(); int P2INT(); std::string P2S(); void SetValue(Json::Value val); Property operator=(Property prop); }; ```