// // SharedPtr.h // // $Id: //poco/Main/Foundation/include/Poco/SharedPtr.h#9 $ // // Library: Foundation // Package: Core // Module: SharedPtr // // Definition of the SharedPtr template class. // // Copyright (c) 2005-2006, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH. // and Contributors. // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization // obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by // this license (the "Software") to use, reproduce, display, distribute, // execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the // Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to // do so, all subject to the following: // // The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including // the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer, // must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and // all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative // works are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by // a source language processor. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR // IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, // FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT // SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE // FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, // ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER // DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. // #ifndef Foundation_SharedPtr_INCLUDED #define Foundation_SharedPtr_INCLUDED #include "Poco/Foundation.h" #include "Poco/Exception.h" #include "Poco/Mutex.h" #include namespace Poco { class ReferenceCounter /// Simple ReferenceCounter object, does not delete itself when count reaches 0 { public: ReferenceCounter(): _cnt(1) { } void duplicate() { FastMutex::ScopedLock lock(_mutex); ++_cnt; } int release() { FastMutex::ScopedLock lock(_mutex); return --_cnt; } private: FastMutex _mutex; int _cnt; }; template class SharedPtr /// SharedPtr is a "smart" pointer for classes implementing /// reference counting based garbage collection. /// SharedPtr is thus similar to AutoPtr. Unlike the /// AutoPtr template, which can only be used with /// classes that support reference counting, SharedPtr /// can be used with any class. For this to work, a /// SharedPtr manages a reference count for the object /// it manages. /// /// SharedPtr works in the following way: /// If an SharedPtr is assigned an ordinary pointer to /// an object (via the constructor or the assignment operator), /// it takes ownership of the object and the object's reference /// count is initialized to one. /// If the SharedPtr is assigned another SharedPtr, the /// object's reference count is incremented by one. /// The destructor of SharedPtr decrements the object's /// reference count by one and deletes the object if the /// reference count reaches zero. /// SharedPtr supports dereferencing with both the -> /// and the * operator. An attempt to dereference a null /// SharedPtr results in a NullPointerException being thrown. /// SharedPtr also implements all relational operators and /// a cast operator in case dynamic casting of the encapsulated data types /// is required. { public: SharedPtr(): _pCounter(new ReferenceCounter), _ptr(0) { } SharedPtr(C* ptr): _pCounter(new ReferenceCounter), _ptr(ptr) { } template SharedPtr(const SharedPtr& ptr): _pCounter(ptr._pCounter), _ptr(const_cast(ptr.get())) { _pCounter->duplicate(); } SharedPtr(const SharedPtr& ptr): _pCounter(ptr._pCounter), _ptr(ptr._ptr) { _pCounter->duplicate(); } ~SharedPtr() { release(); } SharedPtr& assign(C* ptr) { if (get() != ptr) { ReferenceCounter* pTmp = new ReferenceCounter; release(); _pCounter = pTmp; _ptr = ptr; } return *this; } SharedPtr& assign(const SharedPtr& ptr) { if (&ptr != this) { SharedPtr tmp(ptr); swap(tmp); } return *this; } template SharedPtr& assign(const SharedPtr& ptr) { if (ptr.get() != _ptr) { SharedPtr tmp(ptr); swap(tmp); } return *this; } SharedPtr& operator = (C* ptr) { return assign(ptr); } SharedPtr& operator = (const SharedPtr& ptr) { return assign(ptr); } template SharedPtr& operator = (const SharedPtr& ptr) { return assign(ptr); } void swap(SharedPtr& ptr) { std::swap(_ptr, ptr._ptr); std::swap(_pCounter, ptr._pCounter); } template SharedPtr cast() const /// Casts the SharedPtr via a dynamic cast to the given type. /// Returns an SharedPtr containing NULL if the cast fails. /// Example: (assume class Sub: public Super) /// SharedPtr super(new Sub()); /// SharedPtr sub = super.cast(); /// poco_assert (sub.get()); { Other* pOther = dynamic_cast(_ptr); if (pOther) return SharedPtr(_pCounter, pOther); return SharedPtr(); } C* operator -> () { return deref(); } const C* operator -> () const { return deref(); } C& operator * () { return *deref(); } const C& operator * () const { return *deref(); } C* get() { return _ptr; } const C* get() const { return _ptr; } operator C* () { return _ptr; } operator const C* () const { return _ptr; } bool operator ! () const { return _ptr == 0; } bool isNull() const { return _ptr == 0; } bool operator == (const SharedPtr& ptr) const { return get() == ptr.get(); } bool operator == (const C* ptr) const { return get() == ptr; } bool operator == (C* ptr) const { return get() == ptr; } bool operator != (const SharedPtr& ptr) const { return get() != ptr.get(); } bool operator != (const C* ptr) const { return get() != ptr; } bool operator != (C* ptr) const { return get() != ptr; } bool operator < (const SharedPtr& ptr) const { return get() < ptr.get(); } bool operator < (const C* ptr) const { return get() < ptr; } bool operator < (C* ptr) const { return get() < ptr; } bool operator <= (const SharedPtr& ptr) const { return get() <= ptr.get(); } bool operator <= (const C* ptr) const { return get() <= ptr; } bool operator <= (C* ptr) const { return get() <= ptr; } bool operator > (const SharedPtr& ptr) const { return get() > ptr.get(); } bool operator > (const C* ptr) const { return get() > ptr; } bool operator > (C* ptr) const { return get() > ptr; } bool operator >= (const SharedPtr& ptr) const { return get() >= ptr.get(); } bool operator >= (const C* ptr) const { return get() >= ptr; } bool operator >= (C* ptr) const { return get() >= ptr; } private: C* deref() const { if (!_ptr) throw NullPointerException(); return _ptr; } void release() { poco_assert_dbg (_pCounter); int i = _pCounter->release(); if (i == 0) { if (_ptr) delete _ptr; _ptr = 0; delete _pCounter; _pCounter = 0; } } SharedPtr(ReferenceCounter* pCounter, C* ptr): _pCounter(pCounter), _ptr(ptr) /// for cast operation { poco_assert_dbg (_pCounter); _pCounter->duplicate(); } private: ReferenceCounter* _pCounter; C* _ptr; template friend class SharedPtr; }; template inline void swap(SharedPtr& p1, SharedPtr& p2) { p1.swap(p2); } } // namespace Poco #endif // Foundation_SharedPtr_INCLUDED