RefPointer Class Reference

Pointer to reference counted objects. More...

#include <object.h>

Collaboration diagram for RefPointer:

Public Member Functions
	RefPointer ()
	Create an unattached pointer. More...
	RefPointer (RefObject *obj)
	Create a pointer attached to a reference counted object. More...
	RefPointer (const RefPointer &ptr)
	A copy constructor. More...
virtual	~RefPointer ()
RefPointer &	operator= (const RefObject &ref)
void *	operator* () const
void *	operator-> () const
void *	getObject (void) const
bool	operator! () const

Protected Member Functions
void	detach (void)
	Detach current object, for example, when changing pointer. More...
virtual void	enterLock (void)
	Patch point for mutex in derived class. More...
virtual void	leaveLock (void)
	Patch point for a mutex in derived class. More...

Protected Attributes
RefObject *	ref

Detailed Description

Pointer to reference counted objects.

This is a non-template form of a reference count smart pointer, and so uses common code. This can be subclassed to return explicit object types.

Author

David Sugar dyfet.nosp@m.@gnu.nosp@m.telep.nosp@m.hony.nosp@m..org Pointer to reference count managed objects.

Definition at line 105 of file object.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

RefPointer::RefPointer ( )

inline

Create an unattached pointer.

Definition at line 131 of file object.h.

RefPointer::RefPointer

(

RefObject *

obj

)

Create a pointer attached to a reference counted object.

Object being referenced.

RefPointer::RefPointer

(

const RefPointer &

ptr

)

A copy constructor.

Pointer being copied.

virtual RefPointer::~RefPointer ( )

virtual

Member Function Documentation

void RefPointer::detach ( void  )

protected

Detach current object, for example, when changing pointer.

virtual void RefPointer::enterLock ( void  )

protectedvirtual

Patch point for mutex in derived class.

This may often be a single static mutex shared by a managed type.

void* RefPointer::getObject

(

void

)

const

virtual void RefPointer::leaveLock ( void  )

protectedvirtual

Patch point for a mutex in derived class.

This may often be a single static mutex shared by a managed type.

bool RefPointer::operator!

(

)

const

void* RefPointer::operator* ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 152 of file object.h.

void* RefPointer::operator-> ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 155 of file object.h.

RefPointer& RefPointer::operator=

(

const RefObject &

ref

)

Field Documentation

RefObject* RefPointer::ref

protected

Definition at line 108 of file object.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• object.h