medit/moo/moocpp/old/grefptr.h

/*
 *   moocpp/grefptr.h
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2004-2016 by Yevgen Muntyan <emuntyan@users.sourceforge.net>
 *
 *   This file is part of medit.  medit is free software; you can
 *   redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
 *   GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
 *   Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License,
 *   or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *   License along with medit.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

#pragma once

#ifdef __cplusplus

#include "moocpp/utils.h"

namespace moo {

template<typename Object>
struct obj_ref_unref
{
    static void ref(Object* obj)   { obj->ref(); }
    static void unref(Object* obj) { obj->unref(); }
};

enum class ref_transfer
{
    take_ownership,
    make_copy,
};

template<typename Object,
    typename ObjRefUnref = obj_ref_unref<Object>>
class gref_ptr
{
public:
    gref_ptr() : m_p(nullptr) {}
    gref_ptr(const nullptr_t&) : gref_ptr() {}

    gref_ptr(Object* obj, ref_transfer policy)
        : gref_ptr()
    {
        assign(obj, policy);
    }

    template<typename ...Args>
    static gref_ptr create(Args&& ...args)
    {
        return wrap_new(new Object(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
    }

    static gref_ptr wrap_new(Object* obj)
    {
        return gref_ptr(obj, ref_transfer::take_ownership);
    }

    ~gref_ptr()
    {
        reset();
    }

    void ref(Object* obj)
    {
        set(obj);
    }

    void set(Object* obj)
    {
        assign(obj, ref_transfer::make_copy);
    }

    void set_new(Object* obj)
    {
        assign(obj, ref_transfer::take_ownership);
    }

    Object* release()
    {
        auto* tmp = m_p;
        m_p = nullptr;
        return tmp;
    }

    void reset()
    {
        auto* tmp = m_p;
        m_p = nullptr;
        if (tmp)
            ObjRefUnref::unref(tmp);
    }

    // Implicit conversion to Object* is dangerous because there is a lot
    // of code still which frees/steals objects directly. For example:
    // FooObject* tmp = x->s;
    // x->s = NULL;
    // g_object_unref (tmp);
    operator const Object* () const { return gobj(); }
    Object* gobj() const { return m_p; }
    Object& operator*() const { return *gobj(); }
    Object* operator->() const { return gobj(); }

    // Explicitly forbid other pointer conversions. This way it's still possible to implement
    // implicit conversions in subclasses, like that to GTypeInstance in gobj_ptr.
    template<typename T>
    operator T*() const = delete;

    operator bool() const { return gobj() != nullptr; }
    bool operator!() const { return gobj() == nullptr; }

    template<typename X>
    bool operator==(X* other) const
    {
        return gobj() == other;
    }

    template<typename X, typename Y>
    bool operator==(const gref_ptr<X, Y>& other) const
    {
        return gobj() == other.gobj();
    }

    template<typename X>
    bool operator!=(const X& anything) const
    {
        return !(*this == anything);
    }

    gref_ptr(const gref_ptr& other)
        : gref_ptr(other.gobj(), ref_transfer::make_copy)
    {
    }

    gref_ptr(gref_ptr&& other)
        : gref_ptr()
    {
        this->m_p = other.m_p;
        other.m_p = nullptr;
    }

    gref_ptr& operator=(const gref_ptr& other)
    {
        assign(other.gobj(), ref_transfer::make_copy);
        return *this;
    }

    // Pointer assignment is easy to misuse
    template<typename T>
    gref_ptr& operator=(T* p) = delete;

    gref_ptr& operator=(gref_ptr&& other)
    {
        if (gobj() != other.gobj())
        {
            assign(other.m_p, ref_transfer::take_ownership);
            other.m_p = nullptr;
        }
        
        return *this;
    }

private:
    void assign(Object* obj, ref_transfer policy)
    {
        if (gobj() != obj)
        {
            Object* tmp = gobj();
            m_p = obj;
            if (obj && (policy == ref_transfer::make_copy))
                ObjRefUnref::ref(obj);
            if (tmp)
                ObjRefUnref::unref(tmp);
        }
    }

private:
    // This must be a raw pointer, so that zero-initialized gref_ptr is a valid null pointer
    Object* m_p;
};

// Make sure these aren't called in code ported from pure glib C
template<typename X>
void g_object_unref(const gref_ptr<X>&) = delete;
template<typename X>
void g_free(const gref_ptr<X>&) = delete;

} // namespace moo

#endif // __cplusplus