Return web::http::status_codes

Question

How can I return from a method a web::http::status_codes value:

web::http::status_codes CMyClass::GetCode()
{
    return web::http::status_codes::OK;
}

correctly ? Because in this way I got:

error C2440: 'return': cannot convert from 'const web::http::status_code' to 'web::http::status_codes'
note: No constructor could take the source type, or constructor overload resolution was ambiguous

I want to avoid return blind (unknown) int values, or, return static variables.

web::http::status_codes is defined:

typedef unsigned short status_code;

/// <summary>
/// Predefined values for all of the standard HTTP 1.1 response status codes.
/// </summary>
class status_codes
{
public:
#define _PHRASES
#define DAT(a, b, c) const static status_code a = b;
#include "cpprest/details/http_constants.dat"
#undef _PHRASES
#undef DAT
};

from cpprestsdk\include\cpprest\http_msg.h from REST_SDK ?

Answer 1

Your method should be declared to return web::http::status_code, not status_codes (no s at the end). status_codes is basically just a namespace holding a bunch of constants.