@class wxObjectRefData
@wxheader{object.h}
- This class is used to store reference-counted data. 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.
+ This class is used to store reference-counted data.
- @library{wxbase}
- @category{rtti}
-
- @see wxObject, wxObjectDataPtr<T>, @ref overview_refcount "Reference counting"
+ 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:
}
@endcode
+
+ @library{wxbase}
+ @category{rtti}
+
+ @see wxObject, wxObjectDataPtr<T>, @ref overview_refcount
*/
class wxObjectRefData
{
-public:
+protected:
/**
- Default constructor. Initialises the internal reference count to 1.
+ Destructor.
+
+ It's declared @c protected so that wxObjectRefData instances
+ will never be destroyed directly but only as result of a DecRef() call.
*/
- wxObjectRefData();
+ ~wxObjectRefData();
+public:
/**
- Destructor. It's declared @c protected so that wxObjectRefData instances
- will never be destroyed directly but only as result of a DecRef() call.
+ Default constructor. Initialises the internal reference count to 1.
*/
- ~wxObjectRefData();
+ wxObjectRefData();
/**
Decrements the reference count associated with this shared data and, if
/**
Returns the reference count associated with this shared data.
- When this goes to zero during a DecRef() call, the object will auto-free
- itself.
+
+ When this goes to zero during a DecRef() call, the object will auto-free itself.
*/
int GetRefCount() const;
@wxheader{object.h}
This is the root class of many of the wxWidgets classes.
+
It declares a virtual destructor which ensures that destructors get called
for all derived class objects where necessary.
can help trace memory allocation and deallocation problems.
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").
+ objects, such as wxPen, wxBitmap and others
+ (see @ref overview_refcount_list "this list").
@library{wxbase}
@category{rtti}
public:
wxObject();
+
/**
- Default and copy constructors.
+ Copy ctor.
*/
wxObject(const wxObject& other);
/**
- Destructor. Performs dereferencing, for those objects
- that use reference counting.
+ Destructor.
+
+ Performs dereferencing, for those objects that use reference counting.
*/
wxObject();
A virtual function that may be redefined by derived classes to allow dumping of
memory states.
- This function is only defined in debug build and doesn't exist at all if
- @c __WXDEBUG__ is not defined.
+ This function is only defined in debug build and exists only if @c __WXDEBUG__
+ is defined.
@param stream
Stream on which to output dump information.
- @remarks Currently wxWidgets does not define Dump for derived classes,
- but programmers may wish to use it for their own
- applications. Be sure to call the Dump member of the
- class's base class to allow all information to be
- dumped.
-
+ @remarks Currently wxWidgets does not define Dump() for derived classes,
+ but programmers may wish to use it for their own applications.
+ Be sure to call the Dump member of the class's base class to allow all
+ information to be dumped.
The implementation of this function in wxObject just writes
the class name of the object.
-
-
*/
void Dump(ostream& stream);
/**
This virtual function is redefined for every class that requires run-time
- type information, when using @c DECLARE_CLASS macros.
+ type information, when using the ::DECLARE_CLASS macro (or similar).
*/
wxClassInfo* GetClassInfo();
/**
- Returns the @b m_refData pointer.
+ Returns the wxObject::m_refData pointer, i.e. the data referenced by this object.
- @see Ref(), UnRef(), wxObject::m_refData, SetRefData(),
- wxObjectRefData
+ @see Ref(), UnRef(), wxObject::m_refData, SetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
*/
wxObjectRefData* GetRefData() const;
Determines whether this class is a subclass of (or the same class as)
the given class.
+ Example:
+
+ @code
+ bool tmp = obj->IsKindOf(CLASSINFO(wxFrame));
+ @endcode
+
@param info
A pointer to a class information object, which may be obtained
- by using the @c CLASSINFO macro.
+ by using the ::CLASSINFO macro.
@returns @true if the class represented by info is the same class as this
one or is derived from it.
-
- @b Example:
- @code
- bool tmp = obj->IsKindOf(CLASSINFO(wxFrame));
- @endcode
*/
bool IsKindOf(wxClassInfo* info);
/**
- @returns @true if this object has the same data pointer as @e obj. Notice
- that @true is returned if the data pointers are @NULL in both objects.
+ Returns @true if this object has the same data pointer as @a obj.
+
+ Notice that @true is returned if the data pointers are @NULL in both objects.
- This function only does a shallow comparison, i.e. it doesn't compare
+ This function only does a @e shallow comparison, i.e. it doesn't compare
the objects pointed to by the data pointers of these objects.
+
+ @see @ref overview_refcount
*/
bool IsSameAs(const wxObject& obj);
/**
- Makes this object refer to the data in @e clone.
+ Makes this object refer to the data in @a clone.
@param clone
The object to 'clone'.
@remarks First this function calls UnRef() on itself to decrement
- (and perhaps free) the data it is currently referring
- to.
-
- It then sets its own m_refData to point to that of clone,
+ (and perhaps free) the data it is currently referring to.
+ It then sets its own wxObject::m_refData to point to that of @a clone,
and increments the reference count inside the data.
- @see UnRef(), wxObject::m_refData, SetRefData(),
- GetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
+ @see UnRef(), SetRefData(), GetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
*/
void Ref(const wxObject& clone);
/**
- Sets the @b m_refData pointer.
+ Sets the wxObject::m_refData pointer.
- @see Ref(), UnRef(), wxObject::m_refData, GetRefData(),
- wxObjectRefData
+ @see Ref(), UnRef(), GetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
*/
void SetRefData(wxObjectRefData* data);
/**
Decrements the reference count in the associated data, and if it is zero,
deletes the data.
- The @b m_refData member is set to @NULL.
- @see Ref(), wxObject::m_refData, SetRefData(),
- GetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
+ The wxObject::m_refData member is set to @NULL.
+
+ @see Ref(), SetRefData(), GetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
*/
void UnRef();
/**
The @e delete operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only,
when the identifier @c __WXDEBUG__ is defined.
+
It takes over memory deallocation, allowing wxDebugContext operations.
*/
void operator delete(void *buf);
/**
The @e new operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when
- the identifier @c __WXDEBUG__ is defined. It takes over memory allocation, allowing
- wxDebugContext operations.
+ the identifier @c __WXDEBUG__ is defined.
+
+ It takes over memory allocation, allowing wxDebugContext operations.
*/
- void* operator new(size_t size, const wxString& filename = NULL,
- int lineNum = 0);
+ void* operator new(size_t size, const wxString& filename = NULL, int lineNum = 0);
-private:
+protected:
/**
Pointer to an object which is the object's reference-counted data.
- @see Ref(), UnRef(), SetRefData(),
- GetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
+ @see Ref(), UnRef(), SetRefData(), GetRefData(), wxObjectRefData
*/
wxObjectRefData* m_refData;
};
@class wxClassInfo
@wxheader{object.h}
- This class stores meta-information about classes. Instances of this class are
- not generally defined directly by an application, but indirectly through use
- of macros such as @b DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS and @b IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS.
+ This class stores meta-information about classes.
+
+ Instances of this class are not generally defined directly by an application,
+ but indirectly through use of macros such as ::DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS and
+ ::IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS.
@library{wxbase}
@category{rtti}
- @see @ref overview_rtti_classinfo "Overview", wxObject
+ @see @ref overview_rtti_classinfo, wxObject
*/
class wxClassInfo
{
public:
/**
- Constructs a wxClassInfo object. The supplied macros implicitly construct
- objects of this
- class, so there is no need to create such objects explicitly in an application.
+ Constructs a wxClassInfo object.
+
+ The supplied macros implicitly construct objects of this class, so there is no
+ need to create such objects explicitly in an application.
*/
wxClassInfo(const wxChar* className,
const wxClassInfo* baseClass1,
int size, wxObjectConstructorFn fn);
/**
- Creates an object of the appropriate kind. Returns @NULL if the class has not
- been declared
- dynamically creatable (typically, it is an abstract class).
+ Creates an object of the appropriate kind.
+
+ @returns @NULL if the class has not been declared dynamically creatable
+ (typically, this happens for abstract classes).
*/
wxObject* CreateObject() const;
/**
- Finds the wxClassInfo object for a class of the given string name.
+ Finds the wxClassInfo object for a class with the given @a name.
*/
static wxClassInfo* FindClass(wxChar* name);
int GetSize() const;
/**
- Initializes pointers in the wxClassInfo objects for fast execution
- of IsKindOf. Called in base wxWidgets library initialization.
+ Initializes pointers in the wxClassInfo objects for fast execution of IsKindOf().
+ Called in base wxWidgets library initialization.
*/
static void InitializeClasses();
/**
@wxheader{object.h}
- This is helper template class primarily written to avoid memory
- leaks because of missing calls to wxObjectRefData::DecRef.
+ This is 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 class implementing the reference
- counting interface which only consists of the two methods
- @b T::IncRef() and @b T::DecRef().
+ Despite the name this template can actually be used as a smart pointer for any
+ class implementing the reference counting interface which only consists of the two
+ methods @b T::IncRef() and @b T::DecRef().
- The difference to wxSharedPtr<T> is that
- wxObjectDataPtr<T> relies on the reference counting to be in
- the class pointed to where as wxSharedPtr<T> implements the
+ The difference to wxSharedPtr<T> is that wxObjectDataPtr<T> relies on the reference
+ counting to be in the class pointed to where instead wxSharedPtr<T> implements the
reference counting itself.
- @library{wxbase}
- @category{rtti,smartpointers}
-
- @see wxObject, wxObjectRefData, @ref overview_refcount "Reference counting",
- wxSharedPtr<T>, wxScopedPtr<T>, wxWeakRef<T>
-
- <b>Data structures:</b>
-
- @code
- typedef T element_type
- @endcode
@b Example:
m_data.reset( new MyCarRefData( *m_data ) );
}
};
-
@endcode
+
+ @library{wxbase}
+ @category{rtti,smartpointers}
+
+ @see wxObject, wxObjectRefData, @ref overview_refcount, wxSharedPtr<T>,
+ wxScopedPtr<T>, wxWeakRef<T>
*/
class wxObjectDataPtr<T>
{
public:
-
/**
- Constructor. @a ptr is a pointer to the reference counted object
- to which this class points.
+ Constructor.
+
+ @a ptr is a pointer to the reference counted object to which this class points.
If @a ptr is not NULL @b T::IncRef() will be called on the object.
*/
wxObjectDataPtr<T>(T* ptr = NULL);
/**
- This copy constructor increases the count of the reference
- counted object to which @a tocopy points and then this
- class will point to, as well.
+ This copy constructor increases the count of the reference counted object to
+ which @a tocopy points and then this class will point to, as well.
*/
wxObjectDataPtr<T>(const wxObjectDataPtr<T>& tocopy);
/**
- Decreases the reference count of the object to which this
- class points.
+ Decreases the reference count of the object to which this class points.
*/
- ~wxObjectDataPtrT();
+ ~wxObjectDataPtr<T>();
/**
- Gets a pointer to the reference counted object to which
- this class points.
+ Gets a pointer to the reference counted object to which this class points.
*/
T* get() const;
+ /**
+ Reset this class to ptr which points to a reference counted object and
+ calls T::DecRef() on the previously owned object.
+ */
+ void reset(T *ptr)
+
/**
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 a pointer to the reference counted object to which
- this class points. If this the internal pointer is @NULL,
- this method will assert in debug mode.
+ Returns a pointer to the reference counted object to which this class points.
+
+ If this the internal pointer is @NULL, this method will assert in debug mode.
*/
- T* operator-() const;
+ T* operator->() const;
//@{
/**
- Assignment operators.
+ Assignment operator.
*/
wxObjectDataPtr<T>& operator=(const wxObjectDataPtr<T>& tocopy);
wxObjectDataPtr<T>& operator=(T* ptr);
}
@endcode
- @see @ref overview_rtti "RTTI Overview",
- wxDynamicCastThis(), wxConstCast(), wxStaticCast()
+ @see @ref overview_rtti, wxDynamicCastThis(), wxConstCast(), wxStaticCast()
*/
#define wxDynamicCast( ptr, classname )