JavaScriptCore/wtf/RefCounted.h

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#ifndef RefCounted_h
#define RefCounted_h

#include <wtf/Assertions.h>
#include <wtf/Noncopyable.h>

namespace WTF {

// This base class holds the non-template methods and attributes.
// The RefCounted class inherits from it reducing the template bloat
// generated by the compiler (technique called template hoisting).
class RefCountedBase : Noncopyable {
public:
    void ref()
    {
        ASSERT(!m_deletionHasBegun);
        ++m_refCount;
    }

    bool hasOneRef() const
    {
        ASSERT(!m_deletionHasBegun);
        return m_refCount == 1;
    }

    int refCount() const
    {
        return m_refCount;
    }

protected:
    RefCountedBase(int initialRefCount)
        : m_refCount(initialRefCount)
#ifndef NDEBUG
        , m_deletionHasBegun(false)
#endif
    {
    }

    ~RefCountedBase() {}

    // Returns whether the pointer should be freed or not.
    bool derefBase()
    {
        ASSERT(!m_deletionHasBegun);
        ASSERT(m_refCount > 0);
        if (m_refCount == 1) {
#ifndef NDEBUG
            m_deletionHasBegun = true;
#endif
            return true;
        }

        --m_refCount;
        return false;
    }

private:
    int m_refCount;
#ifndef NDEBUG
    bool m_deletionHasBegun;
#endif
};


template<class T> class RefCounted : public RefCountedBase {
public:
    RefCounted(int initialRefCount = 1)
        : RefCountedBase(initialRefCount)
    {
    }

    void deref()
    {
        if (derefBase())
            delete static_cast<T*>(this);
    }

protected:
    ~RefCounted() {}
};

} // namespace WTF

using WTF::RefCounted;

#endif // RefCounted_h