* apt-pkg/contrib/weakptr.h:
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1 /* weakptr.h - An object which supports weak pointers.
2 *
3 * Copyright (C) 2010 Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
4 *
5 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
8 * (at your option) any later version.
9 *
10 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 * GNU General Public License for more details.
14 *
15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
17 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
18 * MA 02110-1301, USA.
19 */
20
21 #ifndef WEAK_POINTER_H
22 #define WEAK_POINTER_H
23
24 #include <set>
25 /**
26 * Class for objects providing support for weak pointers.
27 *
28 * This class allows for the registration of certain pointers as weak,
29 * which will cause them to be set to NULL when the destructor of the
30 * object is called.
31 */
32 class WeakPointable {
33 private:
34 std::set<WeakPointable**> pointers;
35
36 public:
37
38 /**
39 * Add a new weak pointer.
40 */
41 inline void AddWeakPointer(WeakPointable** weakptr) {
42 pointers.insert(weakptr);
43 }
44
45 /**
46 * Remove the weak pointer from the list of weak pointers.
47 */
48 inline void RemoveWeakPointer(WeakPointable **weakptr) {
49 pointers.erase(weakptr);
50 }
51
52 /**
53 * Deconstruct the object, set all weak pointers to NULL.
54 */
55 ~WeakPointable() {
56 std::set<WeakPointable**>::iterator iter = pointers.begin();
57 while (iter != pointers.end())
58 **(iter++) = NULL;
59 }
60 };
61
62 #endif // WEAK_POINTER_H