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/**
- @class wxSharedPtrT
@wxheader{ptr_shrd.h}
- A smart pointer with non-intrusive reference counting. It is modeled
- after @b boost::shared_ptr and can be used with STL containers
- and wxVector() - unlike @b std::auto_ptr
- and wxScopedPtr().
+ A smart pointer with non-intrusive reference counting. It is modeled after
+ @c boost::shared_ptr<> and can be used with STL containers and wxVector<T> -
+ unlike @c std::auto_ptr<> and wxScopedPtr<T>.
@library{wxbase}
- @category{FIXME}
+ @category{smartpointers}
- @see wxScopedPtr, wxWeakRef, wxObjectDataPtr
+ @see wxScopedPtr<T>, wxWeakRef<T>, wxObjectDataPtr<T>
*/
+
+template<typename T>
class wxSharedPtr<T>
{
public:
- //@{
/**
- Constructors.
+ Constructor.
+
+ Creates shared pointer from the raw pointer @a ptr and takes ownership
+ of it.
*/
- wxSharedPtrT(T* ptr = NULL);
- wxSharedPtrT(const wxSharedPtr<T>& tocopy);
- //@}
+ wxEXPLICIT wxSharedPtr(T* ptr = NULL);
+
+ /**
+ Copy constructor.
+ */
+ wxSharedPtr(const wxSharedPtr<T>& tocopy);
/**
Destructor.
*/
- ~wxSharedPtrT();
+ ~wxSharedPtr();
/**
Returns pointer to its object or @NULL.
/**
Conversion to a boolean expression (in a variant which is not
- convertable to anything but a boolean expression). If this class
- contains a valid pointer it will return @e @true, if it contains
- a @NULL pointer it will return @e @false.
+ convertable to anything but a boolean expression).
+
+ If this class contains a valid pointer it will return @true, if it contains
+ a @NULL pointer it will return @false.
*/
operator unspecified_bool_type() const;
/**
- Returns a reference to the object. If the internal pointer is @NULL this
- method will cause an assert in debug mode.
+ Returns a reference to the object.
+
+ If the internal pointer is @NULL this method will cause an assert in debug mode.
*/
T operator*() const;
/**
Returns pointer to its object or @NULL.
*/
- T* operator-() const;
+ T* operator->() const;
/**
- Assignment operator. Releases any previously held pointer
- and creates a reference to @e ptr.
+ Assignment operator.
+
+ Releases any previously held pointer and creates a reference to @a ptr.
+ */
+ wxSharedPtr<T>& operator=(T* ptr);
+
+ /**
+ Assignment operator.
+
+ Releases any previously held pointer and creates a reference to the
+ same object as @a topcopy.
*/
- wxSharedPtrT& operator operator=(T* ptr);
+ wxSharedPtr<T>& operator=(const wxSharedPtr<T>& tocopy)
/**
- Reset pointer to @e ptr. If the reference count of the
- previously owned pointer was 1 it will be deleted.
+ Reset pointer to @a ptr.
+
+ If the reference count of the previously owned pointer was 1 it will be deleted.
*/
void reset(T* ptr = NULL);