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#ifndef __EST_TBOX_H__
#define __EST_TBOX_H__

/** Box for putting things in. The box and the thing can then be refcounted
  * as a unit.
  * 
  * @author Richard Caley <rjc@cstr.ed.ac.uk>
  * @version $Id: EST_TBox.h,v 1.2 2001/04/04 13:11:27 awb Exp $
  */

#include "EST_Handleable.h"

template<class T>
class EST_TBox : public EST_Handleable
{
private:
  T * const p_contents;

  /// This never happens.
  EST_TBox(void) : p_contents(NULL) {};

public:

  EST_TBox(T *c) : p_contents(c) { start_refcounting(); }
  ~EST_TBox(void) { delete p_contents; }

  T *object_ptr() { return p_contents; }
  const T *object_ptr() const { return p_contents; }

  T *c() { return p_contents; }
  const T *c() const { return p_contents; }
};

#endif