ref counting for pointers

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// RefCount.hh for FbTk - Fluxbox Toolkit
// Copyright (c) 2002 Henrik Kinnunen (fluxgen at users.sourceforge.net)
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#ifndef FBTK_REFCOUNT_HH
#define FBTK_REFCOUNT_HH
namespace FbTk {
/// holds a pointer with reference counting, similar to std:auto_ptr
template <typename Pointer>
class RefCount {
public:
RefCount();
explicit RefCount(Pointer *p);
explicit RefCount(RefCount<Pointer> &copy);
explicit RefCount(const RefCount<Pointer> &copy);
~RefCount();
RefCount<Pointer> &operator = (const RefCount<Pointer> &copy);
RefCount<Pointer> &operator = (Pointer *p);
Pointer *operator * () const { return get(); }
Pointer *operator -> () const { return get(); }
Pointer *get() const { return m_data; }
/// @return number of referenses
unsigned int usedBy() const { return (m_refcount != 0 ? *m_refcount : 0); }
private:
/// increase referense count
void incRefCount();
/// decrease referense count
void decRefCount();
Pointer *m_data; ///< data holder
mutable unsigned int *m_refcount; ///< holds reference counting
};
// implementation
template <typename Pointer>
RefCount<Pointer>::RefCount():m_data(0), m_refcount(new unsigned int(0)) {
}
template <typename Pointer>
RefCount<Pointer>::RefCount(RefCount<Pointer> &copy):
m_data(copy.m_data),
m_refcount(copy.m_refcount) {
incRefCount();
}
template <typename Pointer>
RefCount<Pointer>::RefCount(Pointer *p):m_data(p), m_refcount(new unsigned int(0)) {
incRefCount();
}
template <typename Pointer>
RefCount<Pointer>::RefCount(const RefCount<Pointer> &copy):
m_data(copy.m_data),
m_refcount(copy.m_refcount) {
incRefCount();
}
template <typename Pointer>
RefCount<Pointer>::~RefCount() {
decRefCount();
}
template <typename Pointer>
RefCount<Pointer> &RefCount<Pointer>::operator = (const RefCount<Pointer> &copy) {
decRefCount(); // dec current ref count
m_refcount = copy.m_refcount; // set new ref count
m_data = copy.m_data; // set new data pointer
incRefCount(); // inc new ref count
return *this;
}
template <typename Pointer>
RefCount<Pointer> &RefCount<Pointer>::operator = (Pointer *p) {
decRefCount();
m_data = p;
if (m_refcount == 0)
m_refcount = new unsigned int(0);
incRefCount();
}
template <typename Pointer>
void RefCount<Pointer>::decRefCount() {
if (m_refcount == 0)
return;
if (*m_refcount == 0) { // already zero, then delete refcount
delete m_refcount;
m_refcount = 0;
return;
}
(*m_refcount)--;
if (*m_refcount == 0) { // destroy m_data and m_refcount if nobody else is using this
if (m_data != 0)
delete m_data;
m_data = 0;
delete m_refcount;
m_refcount = 0;
}
}
template <typename Pointer>
void RefCount<Pointer>::incRefCount() {
if (m_refcount == 0)
return;
(*m_refcount)++;
}
}; // end namespace FbTk
#endif // FBTK_REFCOUNT_HH