simple-ref-count.h

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 * Copyright (c) 2007 Georgia Tech Research Corporation, INRIA
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 * Authors: George Riley <riley@ece.gatech.edu>
 *          Gustavo Carneiro <gjcarneiro@gmail.com>,
 *          Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
#ifndef SIMPLE_REF_COUNT_H
#define SIMPLE_REF_COUNT_H

#include "empty.h"
#include "default-deleter.h"
#include "assert.h"
#include <stdint.h>
#include <limits>

namespace ns3 {

template <typename T, typename PARENT = empty, typename DELETER = DefaultDeleter<T> >
class SimpleRefCount : public PARENT
{
public:
  SimpleRefCount ()
    : m_count (1)
  {}
  SimpleRefCount (const SimpleRefCount &o)
    : m_count (1)
  {}
  SimpleRefCount &operator = (const SimpleRefCount &o)
  {
    return *this;
  }
  inline void Ref (void) const
  {
    NS_ASSERT (m_count < std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max());
    m_count++;
  }
  inline void Unref (void) const
  {
    m_count--;
    if (m_count == 0)
      {
        DELETER::Delete (static_cast<T*> (const_cast<SimpleRefCount *> (this)));
      }
  }

  inline uint32_t GetReferenceCount (void) const
  {
    return m_count;
  }

  static void Cleanup (void) {}
private:
  mutable uint32_t m_count;
};

} // namespace ns3

#endif /* SIMPLE_REF_COUNT_H */