Undefined reference error in C [duplicate] - c++

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I am using C library antlr3c. I installed the library using: sudo apt-get install libantlr3c-dev
#include "antlr3defs.h"
..
string DBparser::sparqlParser(const string& _sparql, SPARQLquery& _sparql_query)
{
pANTLR3_INPUT_STREAM input;
pSparqlLexer lex;
pANTLR3_COMMON_TOKEN_STREAM tokens;
pSparqlParser parser;
input = antlr3StringStreamNew((ANTLR3_UINT8 *)(_sparql.c_str()),ANTLR3_ENC_UTF8,_sparql.length(),(ANTLR3_UINT8 *)"QueryString");
}
When I run the program containing the above fragment I get the error:
NetBeansProjects/gstore/Parser/DBparser.cpp:25: undefined reference to `antlr3StringStreamNew'
I am not getting how to resolve this error as antlr3StringStreamNew is indeed declared in antlr3defs.h. Although I am unable to find its definition.
If this related to incompatibility with version 3.4 of antlr3c (as I have installed version 3.2). If this is indeed the case then, is there any alternate function in antlr3c version 3.4 by which I may achieve the same functionality.

Keith is right - the linker you are using is expecting different symbols due to C++ name mangling. Thus, though your code will compile, at the link stage it fails with that error.
If you surround your header include like so, the linker should find the symbols:
extern "C" {
#include "antlr3defs.h"
}
The result is that your code compiles with references to C-style function names, allowing the linker to match them up with corresponding symbols in the object files of the antlr3 library.

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to execute:
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