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   commonc++ - A C++ Common Class Library
   Copyright (C) 2005-2012  Mark A Lindner

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#ifndef __ccxx_SharedPtr_hxx
#define __ccxx_SharedPtr_hxx

#include <commonc++/Common.h++>
#include <commonc++/AtomicCounter.h++>
#include <commonc++/NullPointerException.h++>

namespace ccxx {

template<class T> class SharedPtr
{
  public:

  SharedPtr(T *object = NULL)
    : _object(object), _refs(new AtomicCounter(1))
  { }

  SharedPtr(const SharedPtr &other)
    : _object(other._object),
      _refs(other._refs)
  {
    ++(*_refs);
  }

  ~SharedPtr()
  {
    _release();
  }

  template<class U> SharedPtr<U> staticCast()
  { return SharedPtr<U>(*this, false); }

  template<class U> SharedPtr<U> dynamicCast()
  { return SharedPtr<U>(*this); }

  SharedPtr& operator=(const SharedPtr &other)
  {
    if(other._object == _object)
      return(*this);

    _release();
    _object = other._object;
    _refs = other._refs;
    ++(*_refs);
    return(*this);
  }

  SharedPtr& operator=(T *object)
  {
    if(_object != object)
    {
      _release();
      _object = object;
      _refs = new AtomicCounter(1);
    }

    return(*this);
  }

  T* operator->() throw()
  { return(_object); }

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

  T& operator*() throw(NullPointerException)
  {
    if(! _object)
      throw NullPointerException();

    return(*_object);
  }

  const T& operator*() const throw(NullPointerException)
  {
    if(! _object)
      throw NullPointerException();
    return(*_object);
  }

  T* get() const
  { return(_object); }

  bool operator!() const throw()
  { return(isNull()); }

  operator const void *() const throw()
  { return(_object ? this : NULL); }

  bool isNull() const throw()
  { return(_object == NULL); }

  bool operator==(const SharedPtr &other) const
  { return(_object == other._object); }

  bool operator!=(const SharedPtr &other) const
  { return(! operator==(other)); }

  int getRefCount() const throw()
  { return(_object ? _refs->get() : 0); }

  private:

  template<class U> friend class SharedPtr;

  template<typename U>
    explicit SharedPtr(const SharedPtr<U> &other)
      : _object(dynamic_cast<T *>(other._object))
  {
    if(_object)
    {
      _refs = other._refs;
      ++(*_refs);
    }
    else
      _refs = new AtomicCounter(1);
  }

  template<typename U>
    SharedPtr(const SharedPtr<U> &other, bool tag)
      : _object(static_cast<T *>(other._object)),
        _refs(other._refs)
  {
    ++(*_refs);
  }

  void _release()
  {
    if(--(*_refs) == 0)
    {
      delete _object;
      delete _refs;
    }
  }

  T *_object;
  AtomicCounter *_refs;
};

}; // namespace ccxx

#endif // __ccxx_SharedPtr_hxx

/* end of header file */