rippled/beast/smart_ptr/SharedObject.h

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/*
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*/
//==============================================================================

#ifndef BEAST_SHAREDOBJECT_H_INCLUDED
#define BEAST_SHAREDOBJECT_H_INCLUDED

#include <atomic>

#include <beast/Config.h>

namespace beast {

//==============================================================================
/**
    Adds reference-counting to an object.

    To add reference-counting to a class, derive it from this class, and
    use the SharedPtr class to point to it.

    e.g. @code
    class MyClass : public SharedObject
    {
        void foo();

        // This is a neat way of declaring a typedef for a pointer class,
        // rather than typing out the full templated name each time..
        typedef SharedPtr<MyClass> Ptr;
    };

    MyClass::Ptr p = new MyClass();
    MyClass::Ptr p2 = p;
    p = nullptr;
    p2->foo();
    @endcode

    Once a new SharedObject has been assigned to a pointer, be
    careful not to delete the object manually.

    This class uses an Atomic<int> value to hold the reference count, so that it
    the pointers can be passed between threads safely. For a faster but non-thread-safe
    version, use SingleThreadedSharedObject instead.

    @see SharedPtr, SharedObjectArray, SingleThreadedSharedObject
*/
class SharedObject
{
public:
    //==============================================================================
    /** Increments the object's reference count.

        This is done automatically by the smart pointer, but is public just
        in case it's needed for nefarious purposes.
    */
    void incReferenceCount() const noexcept
    {
        ++refCount;
    }

    /** Decreases the object's reference count. */
    void decReferenceCount () const
    {
        bassert (getReferenceCount() > 0);
        if (--refCount == 0)
            destroy ();
    }

    /** Returns the object's current reference count. */
    int getReferenceCount() const noexcept
    {
        return refCount.load();
    }

protected:
    //==============================================================================
    /** Creates the reference-counted object (with an initial ref count of zero). */
    SharedObject()
        : refCount (0)
    {
    }

    SharedObject (SharedObject const&) = delete;
    SharedObject& operator= (SharedObject const&) = delete;

    /** Destructor. */
    virtual ~SharedObject()
    {
        // it's dangerous to delete an object that's still referenced by something else!
        bassert (getReferenceCount() == 0);
    }

    /** Destroy the object.
        Derived classes can override this for different behaviors.
    */
    virtual void destroy () const
    {
        delete this;
    }

    /** Resets the reference count to zero without deleting the object.
        You should probably never need to use this!
    */
    void resetReferenceCount() noexcept
    {
        refCount.store (0);
    }

private:
    //==============================================================================
    std::atomic <int> mutable refCount;
};

}

#endif