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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: object.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxObjectRefData
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxObjectRefData
11
12 This class is used to store reference-counted data.
13
14 Derive classes from this to store your own data. When retrieving information
15 from a wxObject's reference data, you will need to cast to your own derived class.
16
17 @b Example:
18
19 @code
20 // include file
21
22 class MyCar: public wxObject
23 {
24 public:
25 MyCar() { }
26 MyCar( int price );
27
28 bool IsOk() const { return m_refData != NULL; }
29
30 bool operator == ( const MyCar& car ) const;
31 bool operator != (const MyCar& car) const { return !(*this == car); }
32
33 void SetPrice( int price );
34 int GetPrice() const;
35
36 protected:
37 virtual wxObjectRefData *CreateRefData() const;
38 virtual wxObjectRefData *CloneRefData(const wxObjectRefData *data) const;
39
40 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyCar)
41 };
42
43
44 // implementation
45
46 class MyCarRefData: public wxObjectRefData
47 {
48 public:
49 MyCarRefData()
50 {
51 m_price = 0;
52 }
53
54 MyCarRefData( const MyCarRefData& data )
55 : wxObjectRefData()
56 {
57 m_price = data.m_price;
58 }
59
60 bool operator == (const MyCarRefData& data) const
61 {
62 return m_price == data.m_price;
63 }
64
65 int m_price;
66 };
67
68
69 #define M_CARDATA ((MyCarRefData *)m_refData)
70
71 IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyCar,wxObject)
72
73 MyCar::MyCar( int price )
74 {
75 m_refData = new MyCarRefData();
76 M_CARDATA->m_price = price;
77 }
78
79 wxObjectRefData *MyCar::CreateRefData() const
80 {
81 return new MyCarRefData;
82 }
83
84 wxObjectRefData *MyCar::CloneRefData(const wxObjectRefData *data) const
85 {
86 return new MyCarRefData(*(MyCarRefData *)data);
87 }
88
89 bool MyCar::operator == ( const MyCar& car ) const
90 {
91 if (m_refData == car.m_refData) return true;
92
93 if (!m_refData || !car.m_refData) return false;
94
95 return ( *(MyCarRefData*)m_refData == *(MyCarRefData*)car.m_refData );
96 }
97
98 void MyCar::SetPrice( int price )
99 {
100 UnShare();
101
102 M_CARDATA->m_price = price;
103 }
104
105 int MyCar::GetPrice() const
106 {
107 wxCHECK_MSG( IsOk(), -1, "invalid car" );
108
109 return (M_CARDATA->m_price);
110 }
111 @endcode
112
113
114 @library{wxbase}
115 @category{rtti}
116
117 @see wxObject, wxObjectDataPtr<T>, @ref overview_refcount
118 */
119 class wxObjectRefData
120 {
121 protected:
122 /**
123 Destructor.
124
125 It's declared @c protected so that wxObjectRefData instances
126 will never be destroyed directly but only as result of a DecRef() call.
127 */
128 virtual ~wxObjectRefData();
129
130 public:
131 /**
132 Default constructor. Initialises the internal reference count to 1.
133 */
134 wxObjectRefData();
135
136 /**
137 Decrements the reference count associated with this shared data and, if
138 it reaches zero, destroys this instance of wxObjectRefData releasing its
139 memory.
140
141 Please note that after calling this function, the caller should
142 absolutely avoid to use the pointer to this instance since it may not be
143 valid anymore.
144 */
145 void DecRef();
146
147 /**
148 Returns the reference count associated with this shared data.
149
150 When this goes to zero during a DecRef() call, the object will auto-free itself.
151 */
152 int GetRefCount() const;
153
154 /**
155 Increments the reference count associated with this shared data.
156 */
157 void IncRef();
158 };
159
160
161
162 /**
163 @class wxObject
164
165 This is the root class of many of the wxWidgets classes.
166
167 It declares a virtual destructor which ensures that destructors get called
168 for all derived class objects where necessary.
169
170 wxObject is the hub of a dynamic object creation scheme, enabling a program
171 to create instances of a class only knowing its string class name, and to
172 query the class hierarchy.
173
174 The class contains optional debugging versions of @b new and @b delete, which
175 can help trace memory allocation and deallocation problems.
176
177 wxObject can be used to implement @ref overview_refcount "reference counted"
178 objects, such as wxPen, wxBitmap and others
179 (see @ref overview_refcount_list "this list").
180
181 @library{wxbase}
182 @category{rtti}
183
184 @see wxClassInfo, @ref overview_debugging, wxObjectRefData
185 */
186 class wxObject
187 {
188 public:
189
190 wxObject();
191
192 /**
193 Copy ctor.
194 */
195 wxObject(const wxObject& other);
196
197
198 /**
199 Destructor.
200
201 Performs dereferencing, for those objects that use reference counting.
202 */
203 virtual ~wxObject();
204
205 /**
206 This virtual function is redefined for every class that requires run-time
207 type information, when using the ::DECLARE_CLASS macro (or similar).
208 */
209 virtual wxClassInfo* GetClassInfo() const;
210
211 /**
212 Returns the wxObject::m_refData pointer, i.e. the data referenced by this object.
213
214 @see Ref(), UnRef(), wxObject::m_refData, SetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
215 */
216 wxObjectRefData* GetRefData() const;
217
218 /**
219 Determines whether this class is a subclass of (or the same class as)
220 the given class.
221
222 Example:
223
224 @code
225 bool tmp = obj->IsKindOf(CLASSINFO(wxFrame));
226 @endcode
227
228 @param info
229 A pointer to a class information object, which may be obtained
230 by using the ::CLASSINFO macro.
231
232 @return @true if the class represented by info is the same class as this
233 one or is derived from it.
234 */
235 bool IsKindOf(const wxClassInfo* info) const;
236
237 /**
238 Returns @true if this object has the same data pointer as @a obj.
239
240 Notice that @true is returned if the data pointers are @NULL in both objects.
241
242 This function only does a @e shallow comparison, i.e. it doesn't compare
243 the objects pointed to by the data pointers of these objects.
244
245 @see @ref overview_refcount
246 */
247 bool IsSameAs(const wxObject& obj) const;
248
249 /**
250 Makes this object refer to the data in @a clone.
251
252 @param clone
253 The object to 'clone'.
254
255 @remarks First this function calls UnRef() on itself to decrement
256 (and perhaps free) the data it is currently referring to.
257 It then sets its own wxObject::m_refData to point to that of @a clone,
258 and increments the reference count inside the data.
259
260 @see UnRef(), SetRefData(), GetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
261 */
262 void Ref(const wxObject& clone);
263
264 /**
265 Sets the wxObject::m_refData pointer.
266
267 @see Ref(), UnRef(), GetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
268 */
269 void SetRefData(wxObjectRefData* data);
270
271 /**
272 Decrements the reference count in the associated data, and if it is zero,
273 deletes the data.
274
275 The wxObject::m_refData member is set to @NULL.
276
277 @see Ref(), SetRefData(), GetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
278 */
279 void UnRef();
280
281 /**
282 Ensure that this object's data is not shared with any other object.
283
284 If we have no data, it is created using CreateRefData() below,
285 if we have shared data, it is copied using CloneRefData(),
286 otherwise nothing is done.
287 */
288 void UnShare();
289
290 /**
291 The @e delete operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only,
292 when the identifier @c __WXDEBUG__ is defined.
293
294 It takes over memory deallocation, allowing wxDebugContext operations.
295 */
296 void operator delete(void *buf);
297
298 /**
299 The @e new operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when
300 the identifier @c __WXDEBUG__ is defined.
301
302 It takes over memory allocation, allowing wxDebugContext operations.
303 */
304 void* operator new(size_t size, const wxString& filename = NULL, int lineNum = 0);
305
306 protected:
307
308 /**
309 Pointer to an object which is the object's reference-counted data.
310
311 @see Ref(), UnRef(), SetRefData(), GetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
312 */
313 wxObjectRefData* m_refData;
314 };
315
316
317
318 /**
319 @class wxClassInfo
320
321 This class stores meta-information about classes.
322
323 Instances of this class are not generally defined directly by an application,
324 but indirectly through use of macros such as ::DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS and
325 ::IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS.
326
327 @library{wxbase}
328 @category{rtti}
329
330 @see @ref overview_rtti_classinfo, wxObject
331 */
332 class wxClassInfo
333 {
334 public:
335 /**
336 Constructs a wxClassInfo object.
337
338 The supplied macros implicitly construct objects of this class, so there is no
339 need to create such objects explicitly in an application.
340 */
341 wxClassInfo(const wxChar* className,
342 const wxClassInfo* baseClass1,
343 const wxClassInfo* baseClass2,
344 int size, wxObjectConstructorFn fn);
345
346 /**
347 Creates an object of the appropriate kind.
348
349 @return @NULL if the class has not been declared dynamically creatable
350 (typically, this happens for abstract classes).
351 */
352 wxObject* CreateObject() const;
353
354 /**
355 Finds the wxClassInfo object for a class with the given @a name.
356 */
357 static wxClassInfo* FindClass(wxChar* name);
358
359 /**
360 Returns the name of the first base class (@NULL if none).
361 */
362 const wxChar* GetBaseClassName1() const;
363
364 /**
365 Returns the name of the second base class (@NULL if none).
366 */
367 const wxChar* GetBaseClassName2() const;
368
369 /**
370 Returns the string form of the class name.
371 */
372 const wxChar* GetClassName() const;
373
374 /**
375 Returns the size of the class.
376 */
377 int GetSize() const;
378
379 /**
380 Initializes pointers in the wxClassInfo objects for fast execution of IsKindOf().
381 Called in base wxWidgets library initialization.
382 */
383 static void InitializeClasses();
384
385 /**
386 Returns @true if this class info can create objects of the associated class.
387 */
388 bool IsDynamic() const;
389
390 /**
391 Returns @true if this class is a kind of (inherits from) the given class.
392 */
393 bool IsKindOf(const wxClassInfo* info) const;
394 };
395
396
397
398 /**
399
400 This is helper template class primarily written to avoid memory leaks because of
401 missing calls to wxObjectRefData::DecRef().
402
403 Despite the name this template can actually be used as a smart pointer for any
404 class implementing the reference counting interface which only consists of the two
405 methods @b T::IncRef() and @b T::DecRef().
406
407 The difference to wxSharedPtr<T> is that wxObjectDataPtr<T> relies on the reference
408 counting to be in the class pointed to where instead wxSharedPtr<T> implements the
409 reference counting itself.
410
411
412 @b Example:
413
414 @code
415 class MyCarRefData: public wxObjectRefData
416 {
417 public:
418 MyCarRefData() { m_price = 0; }
419
420 MyCarRefData( const MyCarRefData& data )
421 : wxObjectRefData()
422 {
423 m_price = data.m_price;
424 }
425
426 void SetPrice( int price ) { m_price = price; }
427 int GetPrice() { return m_price; }
428
429 protected:
430 int m_price;
431 };
432
433 class MyCar
434 {
435 public:
436 MyCar( int price ) : m_data( new MyCarRefData )
437 {
438 m_data->SetPrice( price );
439 }
440
441 MyCar& operator =( const MyCar& tocopy )
442 {
443 m_data = tocopy.m_data;
444 return *this;
445 }
446
447 bool operator == ( const MyCar& other ) const
448 {
449 if (m_data.get() == other.m_data.get()) return true;
450 return (m_data->GetPrice() == other.m_data->GetPrice());
451 }
452
453 void SetPrice( int price )
454 {
455 UnShare();
456 m_data->SetPrice( price );
457 }
458
459 int GetPrice() const
460 {
461 return m_data->GetPrice();
462 }
463
464 wxObjectDataPtr<MyCarRefData> m_data;
465
466 protected:
467 void UnShare()
468 {
469 if (m_data->GetRefCount() == 1)
470 return;
471
472 m_data.reset( new MyCarRefData( *m_data ) );
473 }
474 };
475 @endcode
476
477
478 @library{wxbase}
479 @category{rtti,smartpointers}
480
481 @see wxObject, wxObjectRefData, @ref overview_refcount, wxSharedPtr<T>,
482 wxScopedPtr<T>, wxWeakRef<T>
483 */
484 class wxObjectDataPtr<T>
485 {
486 public:
487 /**
488 Constructor.
489
490 @a ptr is a pointer to the reference counted object to which this class points.
491 If @a ptr is not NULL @b T::IncRef() will be called on the object.
492 */
493 wxObjectDataPtr<T>(T* ptr = NULL);
494
495 /**
496 This copy constructor increases the count of the reference counted object to
497 which @a tocopy points and then this class will point to, as well.
498 */
499 wxObjectDataPtr<T>(const wxObjectDataPtr<T>& tocopy);
500
501
502 /**
503 Decreases the reference count of the object to which this class points.
504 */
505 ~wxObjectDataPtr<T>();
506
507 /**
508 Gets a pointer to the reference counted object to which this class points.
509 */
510 T* get() const;
511
512 /**
513 Reset this class to ptr which points to a reference counted object and
514 calls T::DecRef() on the previously owned object.
515 */
516 void reset(T *ptr);
517
518 /**
519 Conversion to a boolean expression (in a variant which is not
520 convertable to anything but a boolean expression).
521
522 If this class contains a valid pointer it will return @true, if it contains
523 a @NULL pointer it will return @false.
524 */
525 operator unspecified_bool_type() const;
526
527 /**
528 Returns a reference to the object.
529
530 If the internal pointer is @NULL this method will cause an assert in debug mode.
531 */
532 T& operator*() const;
533
534 /**
535 Returns a pointer to the reference counted object to which this class points.
536
537 If this the internal pointer is @NULL, this method will assert in debug mode.
538 */
539 T* operator->() const;
540
541 //@{
542 /**
543 Assignment operator.
544 */
545 wxObjectDataPtr<T>& operator=(const wxObjectDataPtr<T>& tocopy);
546 wxObjectDataPtr<T>& operator=(T* ptr);
547 //@}
548 };
549
550
551
552 // ============================================================================
553 // Global functions/macros
554 // ============================================================================
555
556 /** @ingroup group_funcmacro_rtti */
557 //@{
558
559 /**
560 Returns a pointer to the wxClassInfo object associated with this class.
561
562 @header{wx/object.h}
563 */
564 #define CLASSINFO( className )
565
566 /**
567 Used inside a class declaration to declare that the class should be made
568 known to the class hierarchy, but objects of this class cannot be created
569 dynamically. The same as DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS().
570
571 @header{wx/object.h}
572 */
573 #define DECLARE_CLASS( className )
574
575 /**
576 Used inside a class declaration to declare that the class should be
577 made known to the class hierarchy, but objects of this class cannot be created
578 dynamically. The same as DECLARE_CLASS().
579
580 @header{wx/object.h}
581
582 Example:
583
584 @code
585 class wxCommand: public wxObject
586 {
587 DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxCommand)
588
589 private:
590 ...
591 public:
592 ...
593 };
594 @endcode
595 */
596 #define DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS( className )
597
598 /**
599 Used inside a class declaration to make the class known to wxWidgets RTTI
600 system and also declare that the objects of this class should be
601 dynamically creatable from run-time type information. Notice that this
602 implies that the class should have a default constructor, if this is not
603 the case consider using DECLARE_CLASS().
604
605 @header{wx/object.h}
606
607 Example:
608
609 @code
610 class wxFrame: public wxWindow
611 {
612 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxFrame)
613
614 private:
615 const wxString& frameTitle;
616 public:
617 ...
618 };
619 @endcode
620 */
621 #define DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS( className )
622
623 /**
624 Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of a class
625 that has run-time type information. The same as IMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS().
626
627 @header{wx/object.h}
628 */
629 #define IMPLEMENT_CLASS( className, baseClassName )
630
631 /**
632 Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of a class
633 that has run-time type information and two base classes. The same as
634 IMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS2().
635
636 @header{wx/object.h}
637 */
638 #define IMPLEMENT_CLASS2( className, baseClassName1, baseClassName2 )
639
640 /**
641 Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of a class
642 that has run-time type information. The same as IMPLEMENT_CLASS().
643
644 @header{wx/object.h}
645
646 Example:
647
648 @code
649 IMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxCommand, wxObject)
650
651 wxCommand::wxCommand(void)
652 {
653 ...
654 }
655 @endcode
656 */
657 #define IMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS( className, baseClassName )
658
659 /**
660 Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of a class
661 that has run-time type information and two base classes. The same as
662 IMPLEMENT_CLASS2().
663
664 @header{wx/object.h}
665 */
666 #define IMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS2( className, baseClassName1, baseClassName2 )
667
668 /**
669 Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of a class
670 that has run-time type information, and whose instances can be created
671 dynamically.
672
673 @header{wx/object.h}
674
675 Example:
676
677 @code
678 IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxFrame, wxWindow)
679
680 wxFrame::wxFrame(void)
681 {
682 ...
683 }
684 @endcode
685 */
686 #define IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS( className, baseClassName )
687
688 /**
689 Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of a class
690 that has run-time type information, and whose instances can be created
691 dynamically. Use this for classes derived from two base classes.
692
693 @header{wx/object.h}
694 */
695 #define IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2( className, baseClassName1, baseClassName2 )
696
697 /**
698 Same as @c const_cast<T>(x) if the compiler supports const cast or @c (T)x for
699 old compilers. Unlike wxConstCast(), the cast it to the type @c T and not to
700 <tt>T *</tt> and also the order of arguments is the same as for the standard cast.
701
702 @header{wx/defs.h}
703
704 @see wx_reinterpret_cast(), wx_static_cast()
705 */
706 #define wx_const_cast(T, x)
707
708 /**
709 Same as @c reinterpret_cast<T>(x) if the compiler supports reinterpret cast or
710 @c (T)x for old compilers.
711
712 @header{wx/defs.h}
713
714 @see wx_const_cast(), wx_static_cast()
715 */
716 #define wx_reinterpret_cast(T, x)
717
718 /**
719 Same as @c static_cast<T>(x) if the compiler supports static cast or @c (T)x for
720 old compilers. Unlike wxStaticCast(), there are no checks being done and
721 the meaning of the macro arguments is exactly the same as for the standard
722 static cast, i.e. @a T is the full type name and star is not appended to it.
723
724 @header{wx/defs.h}
725
726 @see wx_const_cast(), wx_reinterpret_cast(), wx_truncate_cast()
727 */
728 #define wx_static_cast(T, x)
729
730 /**
731 This case doesn’t correspond to any standard cast but exists solely to make
732 casts which possibly result in a truncation of an integer value more
733 readable.
734
735 @header{wx/defs.h}
736 */
737 #define wx_truncate_cast(T, x)
738
739 /**
740 This macro expands into <tt>const_cast<classname *>(ptr)</tt> if the compiler
741 supports const_cast or into an old, C-style cast, otherwise.
742
743 @header{wx/defs.h}
744
745 @see wx_const_cast(), wxDynamicCast(), wxStaticCast()
746 */
747 #define wxConstCast( ptr, classname )
748
749 /**
750 This macro returns the pointer @e ptr cast to the type @e classname * if
751 the pointer is of this type (the check is done during the run-time) or
752 @NULL otherwise. Usage of this macro is preferred over obsoleted
753 wxObject::IsKindOf() function.
754
755 The @e ptr argument may be @NULL, in which case @NULL will be returned.
756
757 @header{wx/object.h}
758
759 Example:
760
761 @code
762 wxWindow *win = wxWindow::FindFocus();
763 wxTextCtrl *text = wxDynamicCast(win, wxTextCtrl);
764 if ( text )
765 {
766 // a text control has the focus...
767 }
768 else
769 {
770 // no window has the focus or it is not a text control
771 }
772 @endcode
773
774 @see @ref overview_rtti, wxDynamicCastThis(), wxConstCast(), wxStaticCast()
775 */
776 #define wxDynamicCast( ptr, classname )
777
778 /**
779 This macro is equivalent to <tt>wxDynamicCast(this, classname)</tt> but the latter provokes
780 spurious compilation warnings from some compilers (because it tests whether
781 @c this pointer is non-@NULL which is always true), so this macro should be
782 used to avoid them.
783
784 @header{wx/object.h}
785
786 @see wxDynamicCast()
787 */
788 #define wxDynamicCastThis( classname )
789
790 /**
791 This macro checks that the cast is valid in debug mode (an assert failure
792 will result if wxDynamicCast(ptr, classname) == @NULL) and then returns the
793 result of executing an equivalent of <tt>static_cast<classname *>(ptr)</tt>.
794
795 @header{wx/object.h}
796
797 @see wx_static_cast(), wxDynamicCast(), wxConstCast()
798 */
799 #define wxStaticCast( ptr, classname )
800
801 /**
802 Creates and returns an object of the given class, if the class has been
803 registered with the dynamic class system using DECLARE... and IMPLEMENT...
804 macros.
805
806 @header{wx/object.h}
807 */
808 wxObject *wxCreateDynamicObject(const wxString& className);
809
810 //@}
811
812 /** @ingroup group_funcmacro_debug */
813 //@{
814
815 /**
816 This is defined in debug mode to be call the redefined new operator
817 with filename and line number arguments. The definition is:
818
819 @code
820 #define WXDEBUG_NEW new(__FILE__,__LINE__)
821 @endcode
822
823 In non-debug mode, this is defined as the normal new operator.
824
825 @header{wx/object.h}
826 */
827 #define WXDEBUG_NEW( arg )
828
829 //@}
830