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GEN_Shared Class Reference

A shared object with reference counting. More...

#include <GEN_Shared.h>

Inheritance diagram for GEN_Shared:

List of all members.

Public Methods
	GEN_Shared ()
	Constructs a a shared object.
virtual int	getRef ()const
	Returns the reference count of this object. More...
virtual int	incRef ()
	Increases the reference count of this object. More...
virtual int	decRef ()
	Decreases the reference count of this object. More...
Protected Methods
virtual	~GEN_Shared ()
	Destructs a shared object. More...
Protected Attributes
int	m_refCount
	The reference count.

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Detailed Description

A shared object with reference counting.

Base class for objects with reference counting. Shared objects are created with a reference count of one. The creator of a shared object is responsible for decreasing it. If the the reference count of a shared object reaches zero, the object self-destructs. The default destructor of this object has been made protected on purpose so as not to allow shared objects to be created on the stack.

Author(s):

Maarten Gribnau

Date:

March 31, 2001

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

GEN_Shared::~GEN_Shared ( ) [inline, protected, virtual]

Destructs a shared object. The destructor is protected to force the use of incRef and decRef.

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Member Function Documentation

int GEN_Shared::decRef ( ) [inline, virtual]

Decreases the reference count of this object. If the the reference count reaches zero, the object self-destructs. Returns: the new reference count.

int GEN_Shared::getRef ( ) const [inline, virtual]

Returns the reference count of this object. Returns: the reference count.

int GEN_Shared::incRef ( ) [inline, virtual]

Increases the reference count of this object. Returns: the new reference count.

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

• GEN_Shared.h

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