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      1 //===-- CFCReleaser.h -------------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
      2 //
      3 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
      4 //
      5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
      6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
      7 //
      8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
      9 
     10 #ifndef CoreFoundationCPP_CFReleaser_h_
     11 #define CoreFoundationCPP_CFReleaser_h_
     12 
     13 #include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
     14 
     15 #ifdef __cplusplus
     16 
     17 #include <assert.h>
     18 
     19 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
     20 // Templatized CF helper class that can own any CF pointer and will
     21 // call CFRelease() on any valid pointer it owns unless that pointer is
     22 // explicitly released using the release() member function. This class
     23 // is designed to mimic the std::auto_ptr<T> class and has all of the
     24 // same functions. The one thing to watch out for is the
     25 // CFCReleaser<T>::release() function won't actually CFRelease any owned
     26 // pointer, it is designed to relinquish ownership of the pointer just
     27 // like std:auto_ptr<T>::release() does.
     28 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
     29 template <class T>
     30 class CFCReleaser
     31 {
     32 public:
     33     //----------------------------------------------------------
     34     // Constructor that takes a pointer to a CF object that is
     35     // to be released when this object goes out of scope
     36     //----------------------------------------------------------
     37     CFCReleaser(T ptr = NULL) :
     38         _ptr(ptr)
     39     {
     40     }
     41 
     42     //----------------------------------------------------------
     43     // Copy constructor
     44     //
     45     // Note that copying a CFCReleaser will not transfer
     46     // ownership of the contained pointer, but it will bump its
     47     // reference count. This is where this class differs from
     48     // std::auto_ptr.
     49     //----------------------------------------------------------
     50     CFCReleaser(const CFCReleaser& rhs) :
     51         _ptr(rhs.get())
     52     {
     53         if (get())
     54             ::CFRetain(get());
     55     }
     56 
     57 
     58     //----------------------------------------------------------
     59     // The destructor will release the pointer that it contains
     60     // if it has a valid pointer.
     61     //----------------------------------------------------------
     62     virtual ~CFCReleaser()
     63     {
     64         reset();
     65     }
     66 
     67     //----------------------------------------------------------
     68     // Assignment operator.
     69     //
     70     // Note that assigning one CFCReleaser to another will
     71     // not transfer ownership of the contained pointer, but it
     72     // will bump its reference count. This is where this class
     73     // differs from std::auto_ptr.
     74     //----------------------------------------------------------
     75     CFCReleaser&
     76     operator= (const CFCReleaser<T>& rhs)
     77     {
     78         if (this != &rhs)
     79         {
     80             // Replace our owned pointer with the new one
     81             reset(rhs.get());
     82             // Retain the current pointer that we own
     83             if (get())
     84                 ::CFRetain(get());
     85         }
     86         return *this;
     87     }
     88 
     89     //----------------------------------------------------------
     90     // Get the address of the contained type in case it needs
     91     // to be passed to a function that will fill in a pointer
     92     // value. The function currently will assert if _ptr is not
     93     // NULL because the only time this method should be used is
     94     // if another function will modify the contents, and we
     95     // could leak a pointer if this is not NULL. If the
     96     // assertion fires, check the offending code, or call
     97     // reset() prior to using the "ptr_address()" member to make
     98     // sure any owned objects has CFRelease called on it.
     99     // I had to add the "enforce_null" bool here because some
    100     // API's require the pointer address even though they don't change it.
    101     //----------------------------------------------------------
    102     T*
    103     ptr_address(bool enforce_null = true)
    104     {
    105         if (enforce_null)
    106             assert (_ptr == NULL);
    107         return &_ptr;
    108     }
    109 
    110     //----------------------------------------------------------
    111     // Access the pointer itself
    112     //----------------------------------------------------------
    113     T
    114     get()
    115     {
    116         return _ptr;
    117     }
    118 
    119     const T
    120     get() const
    121     {
    122         return _ptr;
    123     }
    124 
    125 
    126     //----------------------------------------------------------
    127     // Set a new value for the pointer and CFRelease our old
    128     // value if we had a valid one.
    129     //----------------------------------------------------------
    130     void
    131     reset(T ptr = NULL)
    132     {
    133         if ((_ptr != NULL) && (ptr != _ptr))
    134             ::CFRelease(_ptr);
    135         _ptr = ptr;
    136     }
    137 
    138     //----------------------------------------------------------
    139     // Release ownership without calling CFRelease. This class
    140     // is designed to mimic std::auto_ptr<T>, so the release
    141     // method releases ownership of the contained pointer
    142     // and does NOT call CFRelease.
    143     //----------------------------------------------------------
    144     T
    145     release()
    146     {
    147         T tmp = _ptr;
    148         _ptr = NULL;
    149         return tmp;
    150     }
    151 
    152 private:
    153     T _ptr;
    154 };
    155 
    156 #endif  // #ifdef __cplusplus
    157 #endif  // #ifndef CoreFoundationCPP_CFReleaser_h_
    158 
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