libkern/libkern/c++/OSObject.h

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  22 /*
  23 Copyright (c) 1998 Apple Computer, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  24 HISTORY
  25     1998-10-30  Godfrey van der Linden(gvdl)
  26         Created
  27 */
  28 #ifndef _LIBKERN_OSOBJECT_H
  29 #define _LIBKERN_OSOBJECT_H
  30
  31 #include <libkern/c++/OSMetaClass.h>
  32
  33 class OSSymbol;
  34 class OSString;
  35 /*!
  36     @class OSObject : OSMetaClassBase
  37     @abstract The root base class for Mac OS X kernel and just generally all-round useful class to have around.
  38     @discussion
  39 Defines the minimum functionality that an object can expect.  Implements reference counting, type safe object casting, allocation primitives & serialisation among other functionality.  This object is an abstract base class and can not be copied, nor can it be constructed by itself.
  40
  41 <br><br> Construction <br><br>
  42
  43 As Mac OS X's C++ is based upon Embedded C++ we have a problem with the typical C++ method of using constructors.  Embedded C++ does not allow exceptions.  This means that the standard constructors can not report a failure.  Well obviously initialisation of a new object can fail so we have had to work around this language limitation.  In the Mac OS X kernel we have chosen to break object construction into two phases.  Phase one is the familiar C++ new operator, the only initialisation is the object has exactly one reference after creation.  Once the new is called the client MUST call init and check it's return value.  If the init call fails then the object MUST be immediately released.  IOKit usually implements factory methods to make construction a one step process for clients.
  44
  45 <br><br>Reference Counting<br><br>
  46
  47 OSObject provides reference counting services using the $link retain(), $link release(), $link release(int when) and $link free() functions.  The public interface to the reference counting is retain() & release().  release() is implemented as a simple call to release(1).  The actual implementation of release(when) is a little subtle.  If the current reference count is less than or equal to the 'when' parameter the object will call free on itself.
  48 <br>
  49 In general a subclass is expected to only override $link free().  It may also choose to override release() if the object has a circular retain count, see $link release(int when);
  50
  51 <br><br>Runtime Type Information System<br><br>
  52
  53 The Mac OS X C++ implements a basic runtime type information system using meta class information and a number of macros, $link OSDynamicCast, $link OSTypeID, $link OSTypeIDInst, $link OSCheckTypeInst and $link OSMetaClass.
  54 */
  55 class OSObject : public OSMetaClassBase
  56 {
  57     OSDeclareAbstractStructors(OSObject)
  58
  59 private:
  60 /*! @var retainCount Number of references held on this instance. */
  61     mutable int retainCount;
  62
  63 protected:
  64
  65 /*! @function release
  66     @abstract Primary implementation of the release mechanism.
  67     @discussion  If $link retainCount <= the when argument then call $link free().  This indirect implementation of $link release allows the developer to break reference circularity.  An example of this sort of problem is a parent/child mutual reference, either the parent or child can implement: void release() { release(2); } thus breaking the cirularity.
  68     @param when When retainCount == when then call free(). */
  69     virtual void release(int when) const;
  70
  71 /*! @function init
  72     @abstract Mac OS X kernel's primary mechanism for constructing objects.
  73     @discussion Your responsibility as a subclass author is to override the init method of your parent.  In general most of our implementations call <super>::init() before doing local initialisation, if the parent fails then return false immediately.  If you have a failure during you local initialisation then return false.
  74     @result OSObject::init Always returns true, but subclasses will return false on init failure.
  75 */
  76     virtual bool init();
  77
  78 /*! @function free
  79     @abstract The last reference is gone so clean up your resources.
  80     @discussion Release all resources held by the object, then call your parent's free().
  81
  82 <br><br>Caution:
  83 <br>1> You can not assume that you have completed initialization before your free is called, so be very careful in your implementation.
  84 <br>2> The implementation is OSObject::free() { delete this; } so do not call super::free() until just before you return.
  85 <br>3> Free is not allowed to fail all resource must be released on completion. */
  86     virtual void free();
  87
  88 /*! @function operator delete
  89     @abstract Release the 'operator new'ed memory.
  90     @discussion Never attempt to delete an object that inherits from OSObject directly use $link release().
  91     @param mem pointer to block of memory
  92     @param size size of block of memory
  93 */
  94     static void operator delete(void *mem, size_t size);
  95
  96 public:
  97
  98 /*! @function operator new
  99     @abstract Allocator for all objects that inherit from OSObject
 100     @param size number of bytes to allocate
 101     @result returns pointer to block of memory if available, 0 otherwise.
 102 */
 103     static void *operator new(size_t size);
 104
 105 /*! @function getRetainCount
 106     @abstract How many times has this object been retained?
 107     @result Current retain count
 108 */
 109     virtual int getRetainCount() const;
 110
 111 /*! @function retain
 112     @abstract Retain a reference in this object.
 113 */
 114     virtual void retain() const;
 115
 116 /*! @function release
 117     @abstract Release a reference to this object
 118 */
 119     virtual void release() const;
 120
 121 /*! @function serialize
 122     @abstract
 123     @discussion
 124     @param s
 125     @result
 126 */
 127     virtual bool serialize(OSSerialize *s) const;
 128
 129     // Unused Padding
 130     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject,  0);
 131     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject,  1);
 132     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject,  2);
 133     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject,  3);
 134     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject,  4);
 135     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject,  5);
 136     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject,  6);
 137     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject,  7);
 138     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject,  8);
 139     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject,  9);
 140     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 10);
 141     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 11);
 142     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 12);
 143     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 13);
 144     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 14);
 145     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 15);
 146     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 16);
 147     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 17);
 148     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 18);
 149     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 19);
 150     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 20);
 151     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 21);
 152     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 22);
 153     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 23);
 154     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 24);
 155     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 25);
 156     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 26);
 157     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 27);
 158     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 28);
 159     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 29);
 160     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 30);
 161     OSMetaClassDeclareReservedUnused(OSObject, 31);
 162 };
 163
 164 #endif /* !_LIBKERN_OSOBJECT_H */