MEM_RefCounted Class Reference

#include <MEM_RefCounted.h>

Public Member Functions
	MEM_RefCounted ()
virtual int	getRef () const
virtual int	incRef ()
virtual int	decRef ()

Protected Member Functions
virtual	~MEM_RefCounted ()

Protected Attributes
int	m_refCount

Detailed Description

An object with reference counting. Base class for objects with reference counting. When a shared object is ceated, it has reference count == 1. If the reference count of a shared object reaches zero, the object self-destructs. The default destructor of this object has been made protected on purpose. This disables the creation of shared objects on the stack.

Author

Maarten Gribnau

Date

March 31, 2001

Definition at line 25 of file MEM_RefCounted.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MEM_RefCounted()

MEM_RefCounted::MEM_RefCounted ( )

inline

Constructs a shared object.

Definition at line 30 of file MEM_RefCounted.h.

~MEM_RefCounted()

virtual MEM_RefCounted::~MEM_RefCounted ( )

inlineprotectedvirtual

Destructs a shared object. The destructor is protected to force the use of incRef and decRef.

Definition at line 56 of file MEM_RefCounted.h.

Member Function Documentation

decRef()

int MEM_RefCounted::decRef ( )

inlinevirtual

Decreases the reference count of this object. If the reference count reaches zero, the object self-destructs.

Returns

the new reference count.

Definition at line 73 of file MEM_RefCounted.h.

References m_refCount.

getRef()

int MEM_RefCounted::getRef ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Returns the reference count of this object.

Returns

the reference count.

Definition at line 63 of file MEM_RefCounted.h.

References m_refCount.

incRef()

int MEM_RefCounted::incRef ( )

inlinevirtual

Increases the reference count of this object.

Returns

the new reference count.

Definition at line 68 of file MEM_RefCounted.h.

References m_refCount.

Member Data Documentation

m_refCount

int MEM_RefCounted::m_refCount

protected

The reference count.

Definition at line 60 of file MEM_RefCounted.h.

Referenced by decRef(), getRef(), and incRef().

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

• MEM_RefCounted.h