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ZThread::AutoPtr Class Template Reference

#include <AutoPtr.h>

List of all members.

Public Methods
	AutoPtr () throw ()
	AutoPtr (COUNTED *pImpl) throw ()
	AutoPtr (const AutoPtr &ptr) throw ()
	~AutoPtr () throw ()
AutoPtr&	operator= (const AutoPtr &ptr) throw ()
COUNTED*	operator-> () throw ()
const COUNTED*	operator-> () const throw ()

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Detailed Description

template<class COUNTED, class MUTEX = FastMutex> class ZThread::AutoPtr

Author:

Eric Crahen

Version:

1.4.4

Date:

07-05-2001

Thread-safe wrapper to implement a counted reference.

This is a class wide lock. In otherwords, all AutoPtr<MyClass> objects are locked with the same Mutex no matter how many actual MyClass implementations are being used.

Implementation level locking would be possible to implement - but would not be practical for a large number of objects.

Its recommended that use the AutoPtr() default constructor to avoid accidental double assignment & deletion errors.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

AutoPtr ( ) throw () [inline]

Create a new COUNTED reference from the default constructor

AutoPtr ( COUNTED * pImpl ) throw () [inline]

Create a new AutoPtr from an existing COUNTED reference The use of this constructor is really discouraged. Possible candidate for deprecation. The absence of this method would allow for a streamlined way to lock at implementation level rather than class level - However, for a large number of implementations this will not be practical. So class level locking is used for now Parameters: pImpl

AutoPtr ( const AutoPtr<COUNTED, MUTEX> & ptr ) throw () [inline]

Create a new AutoPtr from another AutoPtr Parameters: ptr

~AutoPtr ( ) throw () [inline]

Destroy the AutoPtr and check for release of the implementation

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Member Function Documentation

const COUNTED * operator-> ( ) const throw () [inline]

Get a reference to the underlying implementation

COUNTED * operator-> ( ) throw () [inline]

Get a reference to the underlying implementation

AutoPtr & operator= ( const AutoPtr<COUNTED, MUTEX> & ptr ) throw () [inline]

Assignment Parameters: ptr

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

• AutoPtr.h

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