wxWidgets/interface/ptr_shrd.h
Václav Slavík 9fa8c9bf96 fixes to wxSharedPtr<T> docs
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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Name: ptr_shrd.h
// Purpose: interface of wxSharedPtr<T>
// Author: wxWidgets team
// RCS-ID: $Id$
// Licence: wxWindows license
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/**
@wxheader{ptr_shrd.h}
A smart pointer with non-intrusive reference counting. It is modeled after
@c boost::shared_ptr and can be used with STL containers and wxVector<T> -
unlike @c std::auto_ptr and wxScopedPtr<T>.
@library{wxbase}
@category{smartpointers}
@see wxScopedPtr<T>, wxWeakRef<T>, wxObjectDataPtr
*/
template<typename T>
class wxSharedPtr<T>
{
public:
/**
Constructor.
Creates shared pointer from the raw pointer @a ptr and takes ownership
of it.
*/
wxSharedPtr(T* ptr = NULL);
/// Copy constructor.
wxSharedPtr(const wxSharedPtr<T>& tocopy);
/**
Destructor.
*/
~wxSharedPtrT();
/**
Returns pointer to its object or @NULL.
*/
T* get() const;
/**
Conversion to a boolean expression (in a variant which is not
convertable to anything but a boolean expression). If this class
contains a valid pointer it will return @e @true, if it contains
a @NULL pointer it will return @e @false.
*/
operator unspecified_bool_type() const;
/**
Returns a reference to the object. If the internal pointer is @NULL
this method will cause an assert in debug mode.
*/
T operator*() const;
/**
Returns pointer to its object or @NULL.
*/
T* operator-() const;
/**
Assignment operator. Releases any previously held pointer
and creates a reference to @e ptr.
*/
wxSharedPtrT& operator operator=(T* ptr);
/**
Reset pointer to @e ptr. If the reference count of the
previously owned pointer was 1 it will be deleted.
*/
void reset(T* ptr = NULL);
/**
Returns @true if this is the only pointer pointing to its object.
*/
bool unique() const;
/**
Returns the number of pointers pointing to its object.
*/
long use_count() const;
};