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authorSteven Bennetts <steve@lindenlab.com>2009-06-21 08:04:56 +0000
committerSteven Bennetts <steve@lindenlab.com>2009-06-21 08:04:56 +0000
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+/**
+ * @file llsafehandle.h
+ * @brief Reference-counted object where Object() is valid, not NULL.
+ *
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+ */
+#ifndef LLSAFEHANDLE_H
+#define LLSAFEHANDLE_H
+
+#include "llerror.h" // *TODO: consider eliminating this
+
+// Expands LLPointer to return a pointer to a special instance of class Type instead of NULL.
+// This is useful in instances where operations on NULL pointers are semantically safe and/or
+// when error checking occurs at a different granularity or in a different part of the code
+// than when referencing an object via a LLSafeHandle.
+
+template <class Type>
+class LLSafeHandle
+{
+public:
+ LLSafeHandle() :
+ mPointer(NULL)
+ {
+ }
+
+ LLSafeHandle(Type* ptr) :
+ mPointer(NULL)
+ {
+ assign(ptr);
+ }
+
+ LLSafeHandle(const LLSafeHandle<Type>& ptr) :
+ mPointer(NULL)
+ {
+ assign(ptr.mPointer);
+ }
+
+ // support conversion up the type hierarchy. See Item 45 in Effective C++, 3rd Ed.
+ template<typename Subclass>
+ LLSafeHandle(const LLSafeHandle<Subclass>& ptr) :
+ mPointer(NULL)
+ {
+ assign(ptr.get());
+ }
+
+ ~LLSafeHandle()
+ {
+ unref();
+ }
+
+ const Type* operator->() const { return nonNull(mPointer); }
+ Type* operator->() { return nonNull(mPointer); }
+
+ Type* get() const { return mPointer; }
+ // we disallow these operations as they expose our null objects to direct manipulation
+ // and bypass the reference counting semantics
+ //const Type& operator*() const { return *nonNull(mPointer); }
+ //Type& operator*() { return *nonNull(mPointer); }
+
+ operator BOOL() const { return mPointer != NULL; }
+ operator bool() const { return mPointer != NULL; }
+ bool operator!() const { return mPointer == NULL; }
+ bool isNull() const { return mPointer == NULL; }
+ bool notNull() const { return mPointer != NULL; }
+
+
+ operator Type*() const { return mPointer; }
+ operator const Type*() const { return mPointer; }
+ bool operator !=(Type* ptr) const { return (mPointer != ptr); }
+ bool operator ==(Type* ptr) const { return (mPointer == ptr); }
+ bool operator ==(const LLSafeHandle<Type>& ptr) const { return (mPointer == ptr.mPointer); }
+ bool operator < (const LLSafeHandle<Type>& ptr) const { return (mPointer < ptr.mPointer); }
+ bool operator > (const LLSafeHandle<Type>& ptr) const { return (mPointer > ptr.mPointer); }
+
+ LLSafeHandle<Type>& operator =(Type* ptr)
+ {
+ assign(ptr);
+ return *this;
+ }
+
+ LLSafeHandle<Type>& operator =(const LLSafeHandle<Type>& ptr)
+ {
+ assign(ptr.mPointer);
+ return *this;
+ }
+
+ // support assignment up the type hierarchy. See Item 45 in Effective C++, 3rd Ed.
+ template<typename Subclass>
+ LLSafeHandle<Type>& operator =(const LLSafeHandle<Subclass>& ptr)
+ {
+ assign(ptr.get());
+ return *this;
+ }
+
+public:
+ typedef Type* (*NullFunc)();
+ static const NullFunc sNullFunc;
+
+protected:
+ void ref()
+ {
+ if (mPointer)
+ {
+ mPointer->ref();
+ }
+ }
+
+ void unref()
+ {
+ if (mPointer)
+ {
+ Type *tempp = mPointer;
+ mPointer = NULL;
+ tempp->unref();
+ if (mPointer != NULL)
+ {
+ llwarns << "Unreference did assignment to non-NULL because of destructor" << llendl;
+ unref();
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ void assign(Type* ptr)
+ {
+ if( mPointer != ptr )
+ {
+ unref();
+ mPointer = ptr;
+ ref();
+ }
+ }
+
+ static Type* nonNull(Type* ptr)
+ {
+ return ptr == NULL ? sNullFunc() : ptr;
+ }
+
+protected:
+ Type* mPointer;
+};
+
+#endif