PassRefPtr.h   [plain text]

// -*- mode: c++; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
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#ifndef KXMLCORE_PASS_REF_PTR_H
#define KXMLCORE_PASS_REF_PTR_H

namespace WTF {

    template<typename T> class RefPtr;
    template<typename T> class PassRefPtr;
    template <typename T> PassRefPtr<T> adoptRef(T *p);

    template<typename T> 
    class PassRefPtr
    {
    public:
        PassRefPtr() : m_ptr(0) {}
        PassRefPtr(T *ptr) : m_ptr(ptr) { if (ptr) ptr->ref(); }
        // It somewhat breaks the type system to allow transfer of ownership out of
        // a const PassRefPtr. However, it makes it much easier to work with PassRefPtr
        // temporaries, and we don't really have a need to use real const PassRefPtrs 
        // anyway.
        PassRefPtr(const PassRefPtr& o) : m_ptr(o.release()) {}
        template <typename U> PassRefPtr(const PassRefPtr<U>& o) : m_ptr(o.release()) { }

        ~PassRefPtr() { if (T *ptr = m_ptr) ptr->deref(); }
        
        template <class U> 
        PassRefPtr(const RefPtr<U>& o) : m_ptr(o.get()) { if (T *ptr = m_ptr) ptr->ref(); }
        
        T *get() const { return m_ptr; }

        T *release() const { T *tmp = m_ptr; m_ptr = 0; return tmp; }

        T& operator*() const { return *m_ptr; }
        T *operator->() const { return m_ptr; }
        
        bool operator!() const { return !m_ptr; }

        // This conversion operator allows implicit conversion to bool but not to other integer types.
        typedef T* (PassRefPtr::*UnspecifiedBoolType)() const;
        operator UnspecifiedBoolType() const { return m_ptr ? &PassRefPtr::get : 0; }
        
        PassRefPtr& operator=(T *);
        PassRefPtr& operator=(const PassRefPtr&);
        template <typename U> PassRefPtr& operator=(const PassRefPtr<U>&);
        template <typename U> PassRefPtr& operator=(const RefPtr<U>&);

        friend PassRefPtr adoptRef<T>(T *);
    private:
        // adopting constructor
        PassRefPtr(T *ptr, bool) : m_ptr(ptr) {}
        mutable T *m_ptr;
    };
    
    template <typename T> template <typename U> inline PassRefPtr<T>& PassRefPtr<T>::operator=(const RefPtr<U>& o) 
    {
        T* optr = o.get();
        if (optr)
            optr->ref();
        T* ptr = m_ptr;
        m_ptr = optr;
        if (ptr)
            ptr->deref();
        return *this;
    }
    
    template <typename T> inline PassRefPtr<T>& PassRefPtr<T>::operator=(T* optr)
    {
        if (optr)
            optr->ref();
        T* ptr = m_ptr;
        m_ptr = optr;
        if (ptr)
            ptr->deref();
        return *this;
    }

    template <typename T> inline PassRefPtr<T>& PassRefPtr<T>::operator=(const PassRefPtr<T>& ref)
    {
        T* ptr = m_ptr;
        m_ptr = ref.release();
        if (ptr)
            ptr->deref();
        return *this;
    }
    
    template <typename T> template <typename U> inline PassRefPtr<T>& PassRefPtr<T>::operator=(const PassRefPtr<U>& ref)
    {
        T* ptr = m_ptr;
        m_ptr = ref.release();
        if (ptr)
            ptr->deref();
        return *this;
    }
    
    template <typename T, typename U> inline bool operator==(const PassRefPtr<T>& a, const PassRefPtr<U>& b) 
    { 
        return a.get() == b.get(); 
    }

    template <typename T, typename U> inline bool operator==(const PassRefPtr<T>& a, const RefPtr<U>& b) 
    { 
        return a.get() == b.get(); 
    }

    template <typename T, typename U> inline bool operator==(const RefPtr<T>& a, const PassRefPtr<U>& b) 
    { 
        return a.get() == b.get(); 
    }

    template <typename T, typename U> inline bool operator==(const PassRefPtr<T>& a, U* b) 
    { 
        return a.get() == b; 
    }
    
    template <typename T, typename U> inline bool operator==(T* a, const PassRefPtr<U>& b) 
    {
        return a == b.get(); 
    }
    
    template <typename T, typename U> inline bool operator!=(const PassRefPtr<T>& a, const PassRefPtr<U>& b) 
    { 
        return a.get() != b.get(); 
    }

    template <typename T, typename U> inline bool operator!=(const PassRefPtr<T>& a, const RefPtr<U>& b) 
    { 
        return a.get() != b.get(); 
    }

    template <typename T, typename U> inline bool operator!=(const RefPtr<T>& a, const PassRefPtr<U>& b) 
    { 
        return a.get() != b.get(); 
    }

    template <typename T, typename U> inline bool operator!=(const PassRefPtr<T>& a, U* b)
    {
        return a.get() != b; 
    }

    template <typename T, typename U> inline bool operator!=(T* a, const PassRefPtr<U>& b) 
    { 
        return a != b.get(); 
    }
    
    template <typename T> inline PassRefPtr<T> adoptRef(T *p)
    {
        return PassRefPtr<T>(p, true);
    }

    template <typename T, typename U> inline PassRefPtr<T> static_pointer_cast(const PassRefPtr<U>& p) 
    { 
        return adoptRef(static_cast<T *>(p.release())); 
    }

    template <typename T, typename U> inline PassRefPtr<T> const_pointer_cast(const PassRefPtr<U>& p) 
    { 
        return adoptRef(const_cast<T *>(p.release())); 
    }

} // namespace WTF

using WTF::PassRefPtr;
using WTF::adoptRef;
using WTF::static_pointer_cast;
using WTF::const_pointer_cast;

#endif // KXMLCORE_PASS_REF_PTR_H