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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#include <stddef.h>
26
27/**
28 * Class for objects providing support for weak pointers.
29 *
30 * This class allows for the registration of certain pointers as weak,
31 * which will cause them to be set to NULL when the destructor of the
32 * object is called.
33 */
34class WeakPointable {
35private:
36 std::set<WeakPointable**> pointers;
37
38public:
39
40 /**
41 * Add a new weak pointer.
42 */
43 inline void AddWeakPointer(WeakPointable** weakptr) {
44 pointers.insert(weakptr);
45 }
46
47 /**
48 * Remove the weak pointer from the list of weak pointers.
49 */
50 inline void RemoveWeakPointer(WeakPointable **weakptr) {
51 pointers.erase(weakptr);
52 }
53
54 /**
55 * Deconstruct the object, set all weak pointers to NULL.
56 */
57 ~WeakPointable() {
58 std::set<WeakPointable**>::iterator iter = pointers.begin();
59 while (iter != pointers.end())
60 **(iter++) = NULL;
61 }
62};
63
64#endif // WEAK_POINTER_H