From 57b8aca6da4f7352f55b26c2ef9ded4ca2959e34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Weitzel <michael.weitzel@hexagon.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 04:38:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid name clash with class WebSocketClient by explicit
 qualification (#2616)

Adds an explicit namespace qualification and a forward declaration for
class WebSocketClient. This change avoids a name clash on code bases
containing unrelated WebSocketClient classes.
---
 httplib.h | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index 001fa68c..c80afc48 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -4412,6 +4412,8 @@ private:
 
 namespace ws {
 
+class WebSocketClient;
+
 enum class Opcode : uint8_t {
   Continuation = 0x0,
   Text = 0x1,
@@ -4513,7 +4515,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
   friend class httplib::Server;
-  friend class WebSocketClient;
+  friend class httplib::ws::WebSocketClient;
 
   WebSocket(
       Stream &strm, const Request &req, bool is_server,