ReferenceCount Class Reference

Base class for thread-safe reference counting. More...

#include <memcore/DynPtr.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for ReferenceCount:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

• refcount_t get_pointers () const throw ()

  Return the weak reference count, i.e.
  

• refcount_t get_refs () const throw ()

  Return the strong reference count, i.e.
  

Static Public Member Functions

• static mutex & RefPtrMutex () throw ()

Protected Types

• typedef long refcount_t

Protected Member Functions

• ReferenceCount () throw ()

  Initialize reference counts to zero.
  

• volatile refcount_t * strong_refcount_ptr () throw ()
• volatile refcount_t * weak_refcount_ptr () throw ()

Protected Attributes

• volatile refcount_t strong_refs

  Strong references.
  

• volatile refcount_t weak_refs

  Weak references.
  

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Detailed Description

Base class for thread-safe reference counting.

Todo:

Use a class atomic_count instead of this ifdef battle here...

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Member Function Documentation

refcount_t ReferenceCount::get_pointers

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const throw () [inline]

Return the weak reference count, i.e.

how many pointers refer to this object.

refcount_t ReferenceCount::get_refs

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const throw () [inline]

Return the strong reference count, i.e.

how many object keep this object alive.

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

• memcore/DynPtr.hpp
• memcore/DynPtr.cpp