itkSmartPointerForwardReference.h

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#ifndef itkSmartPointerForwardReference_h
#define itkSmartPointerForwardReference_h

#include "itkWeakPointer.h"

#include <iostream>

namespace itk
{
template< typename T >
class SmartPointerForwardReference
{
public:
  SmartPointerForwardReference ()
  { m_Pointer = ITK_NULLPTR; }

  SmartPointerForwardReference (const SmartPointerForwardReference< T > & p);

  SmartPointerForwardReference (const WeakPointer< T > & p);

  SmartPointerForwardReference (T *p);

  ~SmartPointerForwardReference ();

  T * operator->() const;

  operator T *() const;

  T * GetPointer() const;

  bool operator<(const SmartPointerForwardReference & r);

  bool operator>(const SmartPointerForwardReference & r);

  bool operator<=(const SmartPointerForwardReference & r);

  bool operator>=(const SmartPointerForwardReference & r);

  SmartPointerForwardReference & operator=(const SmartPointerForwardReference & r);

  SmartPointerForwardReference & operator=(const WeakPointer< T > & r);

  SmartPointerForwardReference & operator=(T *r);

  T * Print(std::ostream & os) const;

private:
  T *m_Pointer;

  void Register();

  void UnRegister() ITK_NOEXCEPT;
};

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

#endif