Cme::Mdp::ReferenceCounter Class Reference

#include <B2BITS_CmeMdpReferenceCounter.h>

Inheritance diagram for Cme::Mdp::ReferenceCounter:

Public Member Functions
	ReferenceCounter () throw ()
virtual bool	addRef () const throw ()
virtual long	release () const throw ()
virtual long	getNRef () const throw ()

Protected Member Functions
virtual	~ReferenceCounter ()
long	decrement () const throw ()
long	increment () const throw ()

Detailed Description

A generic reference counter.

See also

RefCounterPtr.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Cme::Mdp::ReferenceCounter::ReferenceCounter	(		)
throw	(
	)

Constructor.

virtual Cme::Mdp::ReferenceCounter::~ReferenceCounter ( )

protectedvirtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

virtual bool Cme::Mdp::ReferenceCounter::addRef ( ) const throw ( )

virtual

Increments reference counter.

Returns

Return value should be ignored.

long Cme::Mdp::ReferenceCounter::decrement ( ) const throw ( )

protected

Decrements counter and returns new counter value.

virtual long Cme::Mdp::ReferenceCounter::getNRef ( ) const throw ( )

virtual

Returns the current value of the reference counter.

long Cme::Mdp::ReferenceCounter::increment ( ) const throw ( )

protected

Increments counter and returns new counter value.

virtual long Cme::Mdp::ReferenceCounter::release ( ) const throw ( )

virtual

Decrements reference counter. If it becomes equal to 0 then calls destructor.

Returns

0 if there are no more references to this object; otherwise any positive value.