cyphesis/modules/ReferenceCounted.h
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/*
Copyright (C) 2018 Erik Ogenvik
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
#ifndef CYPHESIS_REFERENCECOUNTED_H
#define CYPHESIS_REFERENCECOUNTED_H
#include <cassert>
/**
* Base class for instances that are reference counted.
*/
class ReferenceCounted
{
private:
/// Count of references held by other objects to this instance.
int m_refCount = 0;
public:
virtual ~ReferenceCounted() = default;
void incRef()
{
++m_refCount;
}
/// \brief Decrement the reference count on this instance
void decRef()
{
if (--m_refCount == 0) {
delete this;
}
assert(m_refCount >= 0);
}
/// \brief Check the reference count on this instance
int checkRef() const
{
return m_refCount;
}
};
#endif //CYPHESIS_REFERENCECOUNTED_H