SharedPointer.h

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  File:        SharedPointer.h

  Description: Definition of an example shared pointer class that can be 
               used with the Vimba CPP API.
               (This include file contains example code only.)

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#ifndef AVT_VMBAPI_SHAREDPOINTER_H
#define AVT_VMBAPI_SHAREDPOINTER_H

#include <VimbaCPP/Include/Mutex.h>

namespace AVT {
namespace VmbAPI {

    //Coding style of this file is different to mimic the shared_ptr classes of std and boost.

    struct dynamic_cast_tag
    {
    };

    class ref_count_base
    {
    public:
        virtual ~ref_count_base() {;}

        virtual void inc() = 0;
        virtual void dec() = 0;
        virtual long use_count() const = 0;
    };

    template <class T>
    class ref_count : public virtual AVT::VmbAPI::ref_count_base
    {
    private:
        T               *m_pObject;
        long            m_nCount;
        Mutex           m_Mutex;

        ref_count(const ref_count &rRefCount);
        ref_count& operator = (const ref_count &rRefCount);

    public:
        explicit ref_count(T *pObject);
        virtual ~ref_count();

        virtual void inc();
        virtual void dec();
        virtual long use_count() const;
    };

    template <class T>
    class shared_ptr
    {
    private:
        typedef shared_ptr<T> this_type;
        
        template<class T2>
        friend class shared_ptr;

        AVT::VmbAPI::ref_count_base *m_pRefCount;
        T                           *m_pObject;

        template <class T2>
        static void swap(T2 &rValue1, T2 &rValue2);

    public:
        shared_ptr();
        template <class T2>
        explicit shared_ptr(T2 *pObject);
        shared_ptr(const shared_ptr &rSharedPointer);
        template <class T2>
        shared_ptr(const shared_ptr<T2> &rSharedPointer);
        template <class T2>
        shared_ptr(const shared_ptr<T2> &rSharedPointer, dynamic_cast_tag);

        virtual ~shared_ptr();

        shared_ptr& operator = (const shared_ptr &rSharedPointer);
        template <class T2>
        shared_ptr& operator = (const shared_ptr<T2> &rSharedPointer);
        
        void reset();
        template <class T2>
        void reset(T2 *pObject);

        T* get() const;
        T& operator * () const;
        T* operator -> () const;
        long use_count() const;
        bool unique() const;
        
        typedef T* this_type::*unspecified_bool_type;

        operator unspecified_bool_type () const
        {
            if(m_pObject == 0)
            {
                return 0;
            }
            
            return &this_type::m_pObject;
        }

        void swap(shared_ptr &rSharedPointer);
    };

    template<class T, class T2>
    shared_ptr<T> dynamic_pointer_cast(const shared_ptr<T2> &rSharedPointer);

}} //namespace AVT::VmbAPI

#include <VimbaCPP/Include/SharedPointer_impl.h>

#endif //AVT_VMBAPI_SHAREDPOINTER_H