X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/4ccf05663316e28d964c7d76dc5defe774b59427..5b88a837ba75928cd3835a6b97ae2bf5ad983a6e:/interface/wx/object.h?ds=inline diff --git a/interface/wx/object.h b/interface/wx/object.h index c415056d0e..72efca8132 100644 --- a/interface/wx/object.h +++ b/interface/wx/object.h @@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ Derive classes from this to store your own data. When retrieving information from a wxObject's reference data, you will need to cast to your own derived class. - @b Example: + @section objectrefdata_example Example @code // include file + // ------------ - class MyCar: public wxObject + class MyCar : public wxObject { public: MyCar() { } @@ -42,8 +43,11 @@ // implementation + // -------------- - class MyCarRefData: public wxObjectRefData + // the reference data class is typically a private class only visible in the + // implementation source file of the refcounted class. + class MyCarRefData : public wxObjectRefData { public: MyCarRefData() @@ -54,6 +58,9 @@ MyCarRefData( const MyCarRefData& data ) : wxObjectRefData() { + // copy refcounted data; this is usually a time- and memory-consuming operation + // and is only done when two (or more) MyCar instances need to unshare a + // common instance of MyCarRefData m_price = data.m_price; } @@ -62,20 +69,25 @@ return m_price == data.m_price; } + private: + // in real world, reference counting is usually used only when + // the wxObjectRefData-derived class holds data very memory-consuming; + // in this example the various MyCar instances may share a MyCarRefData + // instance which however only takes 4 bytes for this integer! int m_price; }; #define M_CARDATA ((MyCarRefData *)m_refData) - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyCar,wxObject) MyCar::MyCar( int price ) { + // here we init the MyCar internal data: m_refData = new MyCarRefData(); M_CARDATA->m_price = price; } - + wxObjectRefData *MyCar::CreateRefData() const { return new MyCarRefData; @@ -88,15 +100,24 @@ bool MyCar::operator == ( const MyCar& car ) const { - if (m_refData == car.m_refData) return true; - - if (!m_refData || !car.m_refData) return false; - + if (m_refData == car.m_refData) + return true; + if (!m_refData || !car.m_refData) + return false; + + // here we use the MyCarRefData::operator==() function. + // Note however that this comparison may be very slow if the + // reference data contains a lot of data to be compared. return ( *(MyCarRefData*)m_refData == *(MyCarRefData*)car.m_refData ); } void MyCar::SetPrice( int price ) { + // since this function modifies one of the MyCar internal property, + // we need to be sure that the other MyCar instances which share the + // same MyCarRefData instance are not affected by this call. + // I.e. it's very important to call UnShare() in all setters of + // refcounted classes! UnShare(); M_CARDATA->m_price = price; @@ -106,7 +127,7 @@ { wxCHECK_MSG( IsOk(), -1, "invalid car" ); - return (M_CARDATA->m_price); + return M_CARDATA->m_price; } @endcode @@ -177,24 +198,33 @@ public: wxObject can be used to implement @ref overview_refcount "reference counted" objects, such as wxPen, wxBitmap and others (see @ref overview_refcount_list "this list"). + See wxObjectRefData and @ref overview_refcount for more info about + reference counting. @library{wxbase} @category{rtti} - @see wxClassInfo, @ref overview_debugging, wxObjectRefData + @see wxClassInfo, @ref overview_debugging, @ref overview_refcount, + wxObjectRefData, wxObjectDataPtr */ class wxObject { public: + /** + Default ctor; initializes to @NULL the internal reference data. + */ wxObject(); /** Copy ctor. + + Sets the internal wxObject::m_refData pointer to point to the same + instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class pointed by @c other and + increments the refcount of wxObject::m_refData. */ wxObject(const wxObject& other); - /** Destructor. @@ -279,11 +309,7 @@ public: void UnRef(); /** - Ensure that this object's data is not shared with any other object. - - If we have no data, it is created using CreateRefData() below, - if we have shared data, it is copied using CloneRefData(), - otherwise nothing is done. + This is the same of AllocExclusive() but this method is public. */ void UnShare(); @@ -304,13 +330,55 @@ public: void* operator new(size_t size, const wxString& filename = NULL, int lineNum = 0); protected: + /** + Ensure that this object's data is not shared with any other object. + + If we have no data, it is created using CreateRefData(); + if we have shared data (i.e. data with a reference count greater than 1), + it is copied using CloneRefData(); otherwise nothing is done (the data + is already present and is not shared by other object instances). + + If you use this function you should make sure that you override the + CreateRefData() and CloneRefData() functions in your class otherwise + an assertion will fail at runtime. + */ + void AllocExclusive(); + + /** + Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to + this object and returns it. + + This is usually implemented as a one-line call: + @code + wxObjectRefData *MyObject::CreateRefData() const + { + return new MyObjectRefData; + } + @endcode + */ + virtual wxObjectRefData *CreateRefData() const; + + /** + Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to + this object and initializes it copying @a data. + + This is usually implemented as a one-line call: + @code + wxObjectRefData *MyObject::CloneRefData(const wxObjectRefData *data) const + { + // rely on the MyObjectRefData copy ctor: + return new MyObjectRefData(*(MyObjectRefData *)data); + } + @endcode + */ + virtual wxObjectRefData *CloneRefData(const wxObjectRefData *data) const; /** Pointer to an object which is the object's reference-counted data. @see Ref(), UnRef(), SetRefData(), GetRefData(), wxObjectRefData */ - wxObjectRefData* m_refData; + wxObjectRefData* m_refData; }; @@ -354,7 +422,7 @@ public: /** Finds the wxClassInfo object for a class with the given @a name. */ - static wxClassInfo* FindClass(wxChar* name); + static wxClassInfo* FindClass(const wxString& className); /** Returns the name of the first base class (@NULL if none). @@ -376,12 +444,6 @@ public: */ int GetSize() const; - /** - Initializes pointers in the wxClassInfo objects for fast execution of IsKindOf(). - Called in base wxWidgets library initialization. - */ - static void InitializeClasses(); - /** Returns @true if this class info can create objects of the associated class. */ @@ -397,7 +459,7 @@ public: /** - This is helper template class primarily written to avoid memory leaks because of + This is an helper template class primarily written to avoid memory leaks because of missing calls to wxObjectRefData::DecRef(). Despite the name this template can actually be used as a smart pointer for any @@ -405,11 +467,10 @@ public: methods @b T::IncRef() and @b T::DecRef(). The difference to wxSharedPtr is that wxObjectDataPtr relies on the reference - counting to be in the class pointed to where instead wxSharedPtr implements the + counting to be in the class pointed to, where instead wxSharedPtr implements the reference counting itself. - - @b Example: + @section objectdataptr_example Example @code class MyCarRefData: public wxObjectRefData @@ -424,8 +485,13 @@ public: } void SetPrice( int price ) { m_price = price; } - int GetPrice() { return m_price; } + int GetPrice() const { return m_price; } + bool operator == ( const MyCarRefData& other ) const + { + return m_price == other.m_price; + } + protected: int m_price; }; @@ -433,6 +499,8 @@ public: class MyCar { public: + // initializes this MyCar assigning to the + // internal data pointer a new instance of MyCarRefData MyCar( int price ) : m_data( new MyCarRefData ) { m_data->SetPrice( price ); @@ -440,20 +508,30 @@ public: MyCar& operator =( const MyCar& tocopy ) { + // shallow copy: this is just a fast copy of pointers; the real + // memory-consuming data which typically is stored inside + // MyCarRefData is not copied here! m_data = tocopy.m_data; return *this; } bool operator == ( const MyCar& other ) const { - if (m_data.get() == other.m_data.get()) return true; - return (m_data->GetPrice() == other.m_data->GetPrice()); + if (m_data.get() == other.m_data.get()) + return true; // this instance and the 'other' one share the + // same MyCarRefData data... + + // rely on the MyCarRefData::operator==() + return (*m_data.get()) == (*other.m_data.get()); } void SetPrice( int price ) { - UnShare(); - m_data->SetPrice( price ); + // make sure changes to this class do not affect other instances + // currently sharing our same refcounted data: + UnShare(); + + m_data->SetPrice( price ); } int GetPrice() const @@ -481,6 +559,7 @@ public: @see wxObject, wxObjectRefData, @ref overview_refcount, wxSharedPtr, wxScopedPtr, wxWeakRef */ +template class wxObjectDataPtr { public: @@ -553,7 +632,7 @@ public: // Global functions/macros // ============================================================================ -/** @ingroup group_funcmacro_rtti */ +/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_rtti */ //@{ /** @@ -809,7 +888,7 @@ wxObject *wxCreateDynamicObject(const wxString& className); //@} -/** @ingroup group_funcmacro_debug */ +/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_debug */ //@{ /**