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itkSmartPointer.h

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00001 /*=========================================================================
00002 
00003   Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
00004   Module:    $RCSfile: itkSmartPointer.h,v $
00005   Language:  C++
00006   Date:      $Date: 2009-03-03 15:09:28 $
00007   Version:   $Revision: 1.40 $
00008 
00009   Copyright (c) Insight Software Consortium. All rights reserved.
00010   See ITKCopyright.txt or http://www.itk.org/HTML/Copyright.htm for details.
00011 
00012      This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even 
00013      the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
00014      PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
00015 
00016 =========================================================================*/
00017 #ifndef __itkSmartPointer_h
00018 #define __itkSmartPointer_h
00019 
00020 #include <iostream>
00021 
00022 namespace itk
00023 {
00024 
00041 template <class TObjectType>
00042 class SmartPointer 
00043 {
00044 public:
00045   typedef TObjectType ObjectType;
00046   
00048   SmartPointer () 
00049     { m_Pointer = 0; }
00050 
00052   SmartPointer (const SmartPointer<ObjectType> &p):
00053     m_Pointer(p.m_Pointer)
00054     { this->Register(); }
00055 
00057   SmartPointer (ObjectType *p):
00058     m_Pointer(p)
00059     { this->Register(); }
00060 
00062   ~SmartPointer ()
00063     {
00064     this->UnRegister();
00065     m_Pointer = 0;  
00066     }
00068 
00070   ObjectType *operator -> () const
00071     { return m_Pointer; }
00072 
00074   operator ObjectType * () const 
00075     { return m_Pointer; }
00076 
00078   bool IsNotNull() const
00079     { return m_Pointer != 0; }
00080   bool IsNull() const
00081     { return m_Pointer == 0; }
00083 
00085   template <typename TR>
00086   bool operator == ( TR r ) const
00087     { return (m_Pointer == static_cast<const ObjectType*>(r) ); }
00088 
00089   template <typename TR>
00090   bool operator != ( TR r ) const
00091     { return (m_Pointer != static_cast<const ObjectType*>(r) ); }
00092     
00094   ObjectType *GetPointer () const 
00095     { return m_Pointer; }
00096 
00098   bool operator < (const SmartPointer &r) const
00099     { return (void*)m_Pointer < (void*) r.m_Pointer; }
00100 
00102   bool operator > (const SmartPointer &r) const
00103     { return (void*)m_Pointer > (void*) r.m_Pointer; }
00104 
00106   bool operator <= (const SmartPointer &r) const
00107     { return (void*)m_Pointer <= (void*) r.m_Pointer; }
00108 
00110   bool operator >= (const SmartPointer &r) const
00111     { return (void*)m_Pointer >= (void*) r.m_Pointer; }
00112 
00114   SmartPointer &operator = (const SmartPointer &r)
00115     { return this->operator = (r.GetPointer()); }
00116 
00118   SmartPointer &operator = (ObjectType *r)
00119     {
00120     if (m_Pointer != r)
00121       {
00122       ObjectType* tmp = m_Pointer; //avoid recursive unregisters by retaining temporarily
00123       m_Pointer = r;
00124       this->Register();
00125       if ( tmp ) { tmp->UnRegister(); }
00126       }
00127     return *this;
00128     }
00130 
00132   ObjectType *Print (std::ostream& os) const 
00133     { 
00134     // This prints the object pointed to by the pointer  
00135     (*m_Pointer).Print(os);  
00136     return m_Pointer;
00137     } 
00139 
00140 private:
00142   ObjectType* m_Pointer;
00143 
00144   void Register()
00145     { 
00146     if(m_Pointer) { m_Pointer->Register(); }
00147     }
00148   
00149   void UnRegister()
00150     {
00151     if(m_Pointer) { m_Pointer->UnRegister(); }
00152     }
00153 };  
00154 
00155   
00156 template <typename T>
00157 std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& os, SmartPointer<T> p) 
00158 {
00159   p.Print(os); 
00160   return os;
00161 }
00162 
00163 } // end namespace itk
00164   
00165 #endif
00166 

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