refcounted.h

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#if !defined(MYSQLPP_REFCOUNTED_H)
#define MYSQLPP_REFCOUNTED_H

#include <memory>

#include <stddef.h>

namespace mysqlpp {

template <class T>
struct RefCountedPointerDestroyer
{
        void operator()(T* doomed) const { delete doomed; }
};



template <class T, class Destroyer = RefCountedPointerDestroyer<T> >
class RefCountedPointer
{
public:
        typedef RefCountedPointer<T> ThisType;  

        RefCountedPointer() :
        counted_(0),
        refs_(0)
        {
        }
        
        explicit RefCountedPointer(T* c) :
        counted_(c),
        refs_(0)
        {
                std::auto_ptr<T> exception_guard(counted_);
                if (counted_) {
                        refs_ = new size_t(1);
                }
                exception_guard.release();      // previous new didn't throw
        }

        RefCountedPointer(const ThisType& other) :
        counted_(other.counted_),
        refs_(other.counted_ ? other.refs_ : 0)
        {
                if (counted_) {
                        ++(*refs_);
                }
        }

        ~RefCountedPointer()
        {
                if (refs_ && (--(*refs_) == 0)) {
                        Destroyer()(counted_);
                        delete refs_;
                }
        }

        ThisType& assign(T* c)
        {
                // The create-temporary-and-swap idiom lets us keep memory
                // allocation in the ctor and deallocation in the dtor so
                // we don't leak in the face of an exception.
                ThisType(c).swap(*this);
                return *this;
        }

        ThisType& assign(const ThisType& other)
        {
                // The create-temporary-and-swap idiom lets us keep memory
                // allocation in the ctor and deallocation in the dtor so
                // we don't leak in the face of an exception.
                ThisType(other).swap(*this);
                return *this;
        }

        ThisType& operator =(T* c)
        {
                return assign(c);
        }

        ThisType& operator =(const ThisType& rhs)
        {
                return assign(rhs);
        }

        T* operator ->() const
        {
                return counted_;
        }       

        T& operator *() const
        {
                return *counted_;
        }       

        operator void*()
        {
                return counted_;
        }

        operator const void*() const
        {
                return counted_;
        }

        T* raw()
        {
                return counted_;
        }

        const T* raw() const
        {
                return counted_;
        }

        void swap(ThisType& other)
        {
                std::swap(counted_, other.counted_);
                std::swap(refs_, other.refs_);
        }       

private:
        T* counted_;

        size_t* refs_;
};


} // end namespace mysqlpp

#endif // !defined(MYSQLPP_REFCOUNTED_H)