Qore Programming Language  1.12.3
AbstractPrivateData.h
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3  AbstractPrivateData.h
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5  abstract class for private data in objects
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34 #ifndef _QORE_ABSTRACTPRIVATEDATA_H
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36 #define _QORE_ABSTRACTPRIVATEDATA_H
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38 #include <qore/QoreReferenceCounter.h>
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45 protected:
47  DLLLOCAL virtual ~AbstractPrivateData() {}
48 
49 public:
51  DLLLOCAL void ref() const {
52  ROreference();
53  }
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59  DLLLOCAL virtual void deref(ExceptionSink* xsink) {
60  if (ROdereference())
61  delete this;
62  }
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65  DLLLOCAL virtual void deref() {
66  if (ROdereference())
67  delete this;
68  }
69 };
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71 #endif // _QORE_ABSTRACTPRIVATEDATA_H
the base class for all data to be used as private data of Qore objects
Definition: AbstractPrivateData.h:44
DLLLOCAL void ref() const
increments the reference count of the object
Definition: AbstractPrivateData.h:51
virtual DLLLOCAL void deref()
decrements the reference count of the object without the possibility of throwing a Qore-language exce...
Definition: AbstractPrivateData.h:65
virtual DLLLOCAL ~AbstractPrivateData()
as these objects are reference counted, the destructor should be called only when the reference count...
Definition: AbstractPrivateData.h:47
container for holding Qore-language exception information and also for registering a "thread_exit" ca...
Definition: ExceptionSink.h:48
provides atomic reference counting to Qore objects
Definition: QoreReferenceCounter.h:44
DLLEXPORT void ROreference() const
atomically increments the reference count
DLLEXPORT bool ROdereference() const
atomically decrements the reference count