love/src/common/Object.h

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2014 LOVE Development Team
 *
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 *
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 *    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
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 * 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
 *    misrepresented as being the original software.
 * 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
 **/

#ifndef LOVE_OBJECT_H
#define LOVE_OBJECT_H

namespace love
{

/**
 * Superclass for all object that should be able to  cross the Lua/C border
 * (this pertains to most objects).
 *
 * This class is an alternative to using smart pointers; it contains retain/release
 * methods, and will delete itself with the reference count hits zero. The wrapper
 * code assumes that all userdata inherits from this class.
 **/
class Object
{
public:

	/**
	 * Constructor. Sets reference count to one.
	 **/
	Object();

	/**
	 * Destructor.
	 **/
	virtual ~Object() = 0;

	/**
	 * Gets the reference count of this Object.
	 * @returns The reference count.
	 **/
	int getReferenceCount() const;

	/**
	 * Retains the Object, i.e. increases the
	 * reference count by one.
	 **/
	virtual void retain();

	/**
	 * Releases one reference to the Object, i.e. decrements the
	 * reference count by one, and potentially deletes the Object
	 * if there are no more references.
	 **/
	virtual void release();

	/**
	 * Meant to be used as a temporary object. Facilitates safer and cleaner
	 * code to release objects by doing so when the AutoRelease object is
	 * destroyed (e.g. goes out of scope.)
	 **/
	class AutoRelease
	{
	public:

		AutoRelease(Object *obj)
			: object(obj)
		{
		}

		~AutoRelease()
		{
			if (object)
				object->release();
		}

	private:

		AutoRelease() {}
		Object *object;

	}; // AutoRelease

	/**
	 * Partial re-implementation + specialization of std::shared_ptr. We can't
	 * use C++11's stdlib yet...
	 **/
	template <typename T>
	class StrongRef
	{
	public:

		StrongRef()
			: object(nullptr)
		{
		}

		StrongRef(T *obj)
			: object(obj)
		{
			if (object) object->retain();
		}

		StrongRef(const StrongRef &other)
			: object(other.get())
		{
			if (object) object->retain();
		}

		~StrongRef()
		{
			if (object) object->release();
		}

		StrongRef &operator = (const StrongRef &other)
		{
			set(other.get());
			return *this;
		}

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

		void set(T *obj)
		{
			if (obj) obj->retain();
			if (object) object->release();
			object = obj;
		}

		T *get() const
		{
			return object;
		}

	private:

		T *object;

	}; // StrongRef

private:

	// The reference count.
	int count;

}; // Object

} // love

#endif // LOVE_OBJECT_H