haiku/src/servers/app/ReferenceCounting.h

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/*
* Copyright 2001-2005, Haiku.
* Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
*
* Authors:
* DarkWyrm <bpmagic@columbus.rr.com>
* Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de
*/
#ifndef REFERENCE_COUNTING_H
#define REFERENCE_COUNTING_H
#include <SupportDefs.h>
/*!
\class ReferenceCounting ReferenceCounting.h
\brief Base class for reference counting objects
ReferenceCounting objects track dependencies upon a particular object. In this way,
it is possible to ensure that a shared resource is not deleted if something else
needs it. How the dependency tracking is done largely depends on the child class.
*/
class ReferenceCounting {
public:
ReferenceCounting()
: fReferenceCount(1) {}
virtual ~ReferenceCounting() {}
inline void Acquire();
inline bool Release();
private:
int32 fReferenceCount;
};
inline void
ReferenceCounting::Acquire()
{
atomic_add(&fReferenceCount, 1);
}
inline bool
ReferenceCounting::Release()
{
if (atomic_add(&fReferenceCount, -1) == 1) {
delete this;
return true;
}
return false;
}
#endif /* REFERENCE_COUNTING_H */