Source/WTF/wtf/Ref.h

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#ifndef WTF_Ref_h
#define WTF_Ref_h

#include "Noncopyable.h"

namespace WTF {

template<typename T> class PassRef;

template<typename T> class Ref {
    WTF_MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(Ref)
public:
    Ref(T& object) : m_ptr(&object) { m_ptr->ref(); }
    template<typename U> Ref(PassRef<U> reference) : m_ptr(&reference.leakRef()) { }

    ~Ref() { m_ptr->deref(); }

    Ref& operator=(T& object)
    {
        object.ref();
        m_ptr->deref();
        m_ptr = &object;
        return *this;
    }
    template<typename U> Ref& operator=(PassRef<U> reference)
    {
        m_ptr->deref();
        m_ptr = &reference.leakRef();
        return *this;
    }

    const T* operator->() const { return m_ptr; }
    T* operator->() { return m_ptr; }

    const T& get() const { return *m_ptr; }
    T& get() { return *m_ptr; }

private:
    T* m_ptr;
};

} // namespace WTF

using WTF::Ref;

#endif // WTF_Ref_h