itkWeakPointer.h

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#ifndef __itkWeakPointer_h
#define __itkWeakPointer_h

#include "itkMacro.h"
#include <iostream>

namespace itk
{
template< class TObjectType >
class ITK_EXPORT WeakPointer
{
public:
  typedef TObjectType ObjectType;

  WeakPointer ()
  { m_Pointer = 0; }

  WeakPointer (const WeakPointer< ObjectType > & p):m_Pointer(p.m_Pointer) {}

  WeakPointer (ObjectType *p):m_Pointer(p) {}

  ~WeakPointer ()
  { m_Pointer = 0; }

  ObjectType * operator->() const
  { return m_Pointer; }

  operator ObjectType *() const
        { return m_Pointer; }

  template< typename R >
  bool operator==(R r) const
  {
    return ( m_Pointer == (ObjectType *)r );
  }

  template< typename R >
  bool operator!=(R r) const
  {
    return ( m_Pointer != (ObjectType *)r );
  }

  ObjectType * GetPointer() const
  { return m_Pointer; }

  bool operator<(const WeakPointer & r) const
  { return (void *)m_Pointer < (void *)r.m_Pointer; }

  bool operator>(const WeakPointer & r) const
  { return (void *)m_Pointer > (void *)r.m_Pointer; }

  bool operator<=(const WeakPointer & r) const
  { return (void *)m_Pointer <= (void *)r.m_Pointer; }

  bool operator>=(const WeakPointer & r) const
  { return (void *)m_Pointer >= (void *)r.m_Pointer; }

  // cppcheck-suppress operatorEqVarError
  WeakPointer & operator=(const WeakPointer & r)
  { return this->operator=( r.GetPointer() ); }

  WeakPointer & operator=(ObjectType *r)
  {
    m_Pointer = r;
    return *this;
  }

  ObjectType * Print(std::ostream & os) const
  {
    // This prints the object pointed to by the pointer
    ( *m_Pointer ).Print(os);
    return m_Pointer;
  }

private:
  ObjectType *m_Pointer;
};

template< typename T >
std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & os, WeakPointer< T > p)
{
  p.Print(os);
  return os;
}
} // end namespace itk

#endif