base/scoped_ref_ptr.h

/*
 *  Copyright 2011 The WebRTC Project Authors. All rights reserved.
 *
 *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
 *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
 *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
 *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
 *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
 */

// Originally these classes are from Chromium.
// http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/base/memory/ref_counted.h?view=markup

//
// A smart pointer class for reference counted objects.  Use this class instead
// of calling AddRef and Release manually on a reference counted object to
// avoid common memory leaks caused by forgetting to Release an object
// reference.  Sample usage:
//
//   class MyFoo : public RefCounted<MyFoo> {
//    ...
//   };
//
//   void some_function() {
//     scoped_refptr<MyFoo> foo = new MyFoo();
//     foo->Method(param);
//     // |foo| is released when this function returns
//   }
//
//   void some_other_function() {
//     scoped_refptr<MyFoo> foo = new MyFoo();
//     ...
//     foo = NULL;  // explicitly releases |foo|
//     ...
//     if (foo)
//       foo->Method(param);
//   }
//
// The above examples show how scoped_refptr<T> acts like a pointer to T.
// Given two scoped_refptr<T> classes, it is also possible to exchange
// references between the two objects, like so:
//
//   {
//     scoped_refptr<MyFoo> a = new MyFoo();
//     scoped_refptr<MyFoo> b;
//
//     b.swap(a);
//     // now, |b| references the MyFoo object, and |a| references NULL.
//   }
//
// To make both |a| and |b| in the above example reference the same MyFoo
// object, simply use the assignment operator:
//
//   {
//     scoped_refptr<MyFoo> a = new MyFoo();
//     scoped_refptr<MyFoo> b;
//
//     b = a;
//     // now, |a| and |b| each own a reference to the same MyFoo object.
//   }
//

#ifndef WEBRTC_BASE_SCOPED_REF_PTR_H_
#define WEBRTC_BASE_SCOPED_REF_PTR_H_

#include <stddef.h>

namespace rtc {

template <class T>
class scoped_refptr {
 public:
  scoped_refptr() : ptr_(NULL) {
  }

  scoped_refptr(T* p) : ptr_(p) {
    if (ptr_)
      ptr_->AddRef();
  }

  scoped_refptr(const scoped_refptr<T>& r) : ptr_(r.ptr_) {
    if (ptr_)
      ptr_->AddRef();
  }

  template <typename U>
  scoped_refptr(const scoped_refptr<U>& r) : ptr_(r.get()) {
    if (ptr_)
      ptr_->AddRef();
  }

  ~scoped_refptr() {
    if (ptr_)
      ptr_->Release();
  }

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

  // Release a pointer.
  // The return value is the current pointer held by this object.
  // If this object holds a NULL pointer, the return value is NULL.
  // After this operation, this object will hold a NULL pointer,
  // and will not own the object any more.
  T* release() {
    T* retVal = ptr_;
    ptr_ = NULL;
    return retVal;
  }

  scoped_refptr<T>& operator=(T* p) {
    // AddRef first so that self assignment should work
    if (p)
      p->AddRef();
    if (ptr_ )
      ptr_ ->Release();
    ptr_ = p;
    return *this;
  }

  scoped_refptr<T>& operator=(const scoped_refptr<T>& r) {
    return *this = r.ptr_;
  }

  template <typename U>
  scoped_refptr<T>& operator=(const scoped_refptr<U>& r) {
    return *this = r.get();
  }

  void swap(T** pp) {
    T* p = ptr_;
    ptr_ = *pp;
    *pp = p;
  }

  void swap(scoped_refptr<T>& r) {
    swap(&r.ptr_);
  }

 protected:
  T* ptr_;
};

}  // namespace rtc

#endif  // WEBRTC_BASE_SCOPED_REF_PTR_H_