Utils::ReferenceCounter Class Reference

A generic reference counter. More...

#include <B2BITS_ReferenceCounter.h>

Inheritance diagram for Utils::ReferenceCounter:

Public Member Functions
virtual bool	addRef () const throw ()
	Increments reference counter. More...
long	decrement () const throw ()
virtual long	getNRef () const throw ()
	Returns the current value of the reference counter. More...
	ReferenceCounter () throw ()
	Constructor. More...
virtual long	release () const throw ()
	Decrements reference counter. More...

Protected Member Functions
virtual	~ReferenceCounter ()
	Destructor. More...

Protected Attributes
volatile System::u32	m_nRef
	The counter. More...

Detailed Description

A generic reference counter.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Utils::ReferenceCounter::ReferenceCounter	(		)
throw	(
	)

Constructor.

virtual Utils::ReferenceCounter::~ReferenceCounter ( )

protectedvirtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

virtual bool Utils::ReferenceCounter::addRef ( ) const throw ( )

virtual

Increments reference counter.

Returns

true if the reference counter was incremented, false otherwise.

long Utils::ReferenceCounter::decrement	(		)	const
throw	(
	)

virtual long Utils::ReferenceCounter::getNRef ( ) const throw ( )

virtual

Returns the current value of the reference counter.

virtual long Utils::ReferenceCounter::release ( ) const throw ( )

virtual

Decrements reference counter.

If it becomes equal to 0 then calls destructor.

Member Data Documentation

volatile System::u32 Utils::ReferenceCounter::m_nRef

mutableprotected

The counter.