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ScopedPointer< ObjectType > Class Template Reference

#include <ScopedPointer.hpp>

Public Member Functions

 ScopedPointer () noexcept
 
 ScopedPointer (ObjectType *const objectToTakePossessionOf) noexcept
 
 ScopedPointer (ScopedPointer &objectToTransferFrom) noexcept
 
 ~ScopedPointer ()
 
ScopedPointeroperator= (ScopedPointer &objectToTransferFrom)
 
ScopedPointeroperator= (ObjectType *const newObjectToTakePossessionOf)
 
 operator ObjectType * () const noexcept
 
ObjectType * get () const noexcept
 
ObjectType & getObject () const noexcept
 
ObjectType & operator* () const noexcept
 
ObjectType * operator-> () const noexcept
 
ObjectType * release () noexcept
 
void swapWith (ScopedPointer< ObjectType > &other) noexcept
 

Detailed Description

template<class ObjectType>
class ScopedPointer< ObjectType >

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Once a pointer has been passed to a ScopedPointer, it will make sure that the pointer gets deleted when the ScopedPointer is deleted. Using the ScopedPointer on the stack or as member variables is a good way to use RAII to avoid accidentally leaking dynamically created objects.

A ScopedPointer can be used in pretty much the same way that you'd use a normal pointer to an object. If you use the assignment operator to assign a different object to a ScopedPointer, the old one will be automatically deleted.

A const ScopedPointer is guaranteed not to lose ownership of its object or change the object to which it points during its lifetime. This means that making a copy of a const ScopedPointer is impossible, as that would involve the new copy taking ownership from the old one.

If you need to get a pointer out of a ScopedPointer without it being deleted, you can use the release() method.

Something to note is the main difference between this class and the std::auto_ptr class, which is that ScopedPointer provides a cast-to-object operator, wheras std::auto_ptr requires that you always call get() to retrieve the pointer. The advantages of providing the cast is that you don't need to call get(), so can use the ScopedPointer in pretty much exactly the same way as a raw pointer. The disadvantage is that the compiler is free to use the cast in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways - in particular, it becomes difficult to return a ScopedPointer as the result of a function. To avoid this causing errors, ScopedPointer contains an overloaded constructor that should cause a syntax error in these circumstances, but it does mean that instead of returning a ScopedPointer from a function, you'd need to return a raw pointer (or use a std::auto_ptr instead).

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ScopedPointer() [1/3]

template<class ObjectType >
ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::ScopedPointer ( )
inlinenoexcept

Creates a ScopedPointer containing a null pointer.

◆ ScopedPointer() [2/3]

template<class ObjectType >
ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::ScopedPointer ( ObjectType *const  objectToTakePossessionOf)
inlinenoexcept

Creates a ScopedPointer that owns the specified object.

◆ ScopedPointer() [3/3]

template<class ObjectType >
ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::ScopedPointer ( ScopedPointer< ObjectType > &  objectToTransferFrom)
inlinenoexcept

Creates a ScopedPointer that takes its pointer from another ScopedPointer.

Because a pointer can only belong to one ScopedPointer, this transfers the pointer from the other object to this one, and the other object is reset to be a null pointer.

◆ ~ScopedPointer()

template<class ObjectType >
ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::~ScopedPointer ( )
inline

Destructor. This will delete the object that this ScopedPointer currently refers to.

Member Function Documentation

◆ operator=() [1/2]

template<class ObjectType >
ScopedPointer& ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::operator= ( ScopedPointer< ObjectType > &  objectToTransferFrom)
inline

Changes this ScopedPointer to point to a new object.

Because a pointer can only belong to one ScopedPointer, this transfers the pointer from the other object to this one, and the other object is reset to be a null pointer.

If this ScopedPointer already points to an object, that object will first be deleted.

◆ operator=() [2/2]

template<class ObjectType >
ScopedPointer& ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::operator= ( ObjectType *const  newObjectToTakePossessionOf)
inline

Changes this ScopedPointer to point to a new object.

If this ScopedPointer already points to an object, that object will first be deleted.

The pointer that you pass in may be a nullptr.

◆ operator ObjectType *()

template<class ObjectType >
ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::operator ObjectType * ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Returns the object that this ScopedPointer refers to.

◆ get()

template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType* ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::get ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Returns the object that this ScopedPointer refers to.

◆ getObject()

template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType& ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::getObject ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Returns the object that this ScopedPointer refers to.

◆ operator*()

template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType& ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::operator* ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Returns the object that this ScopedPointer refers to.

◆ operator->()

template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType* ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::operator-> ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Lets you access methods and properties of the object that this ScopedPointer refers to.

◆ release()

template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType* ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::release ( )
inlinenoexcept

Removes the current object from this ScopedPointer without deleting it. This will return the current object, and set the ScopedPointer to a null pointer.

◆ swapWith()

template<class ObjectType >
void ScopedPointer< ObjectType >::swapWith ( ScopedPointer< ObjectType > &  other)
inlinenoexcept

Swaps this object with that of another ScopedPointer. The two objects simply exchange their pointers.


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