/* * sharedptr.h * * Created on: Oct 17, 2020 * Author: jief * From https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-implement-user-defined-shared-pointers-in-c/ */ #ifndef CPP_FOUNDATION_SHARED_PTR_H_ #define CPP_FOUNDATION_SHARED_PTR_H_ // Class representing a reference counter class class Counter { public: // Constructor Counter() : m_counter(0){}; Counter(const Counter&) = delete; Counter& operator=(const Counter&) = delete; // Destructor ~Counter() { } void reset() { m_counter = 0; } unsigned int get() { return m_counter; } // Overload post/pre increment Counter& operator++() { m_counter++; return *this; } // Counter operator++(int) // { // Counter tmp = *this; // m_counter++; // return tmp; // } // // // Overload post/pre decrement Counter& operator--() { m_counter--; return *this; } // Counter operator--(int) // { // Counter tmp = *this; // m_counter--; // return tmp; // } private: unsigned int m_counter{}; }; // Class representing a shared pointer template class Shared_ptr { public: // Constructor explicit Shared_ptr(T* ptr = nullptr) { m_ptr = ptr; m_counter = new Counter; if (ptr) { ++(*m_counter); } } // Copy constructor Shared_ptr(Shared_ptr& sp) { m_ptr = sp.m_ptr; m_counter = sp.m_counter; ++(*m_counter); } // Reference count unsigned int use_count() { return m_counter->get(); } // Get the pointer T* get() { return m_ptr; } // Overload * operator T& operator*() { return *m_ptr; } // Overload -> operator T* operator->() { return m_ptr; } // Destructor ~Shared_ptr() { --(*m_counter); if (m_counter->get() == 0) { delete m_counter; delete m_ptr; } } //// shared_ptr comparisons: //template // bool operator==(shared_ptr const& a, shared_ptr const& b) noexcept; //template // bool operator!=(shared_ptr const& a, shared_ptr const& b) noexcept; //template // bool operator==(const shared_ptr& x, nullptr_t) noexcept; //template // bool operator==(nullptr_t, const shared_ptr& y) noexcept; //template // bool operator!=(const shared_ptr& x, nullptr_t) noexcept; //template // bool operator!=(nullptr_t, const shared_ptr& y) noexcept; // shared_ptr bool cast ? //see /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/memory private: // Reference counter Counter* m_counter; // Shared pointer T* m_ptr; }; //int main() //{ // // ptr1 pointing to an integer. // Shared_ptr ptr1(new int(151)); // cout << "--- Shared pointers ptr1 ---\n"; // *ptr1 = 100; // cout << " ptr1's value now: " << *ptr1 << endl; // cout << ptr1; // // { // // ptr2 pointing to same integer // // which ptr1 is pointing to // // Shared pointer reference counter // // should have increased now to 2. // Shared_ptr ptr2 = ptr1; // cout << "--- Shared pointers ptr1, ptr2 ---\n"; // cout << ptr1; // cout << ptr2; // // { // // ptr3 pointing to same integer // // which ptr1 and ptr2 are pointing to. // // Shared pointer reference counter // // should have increased now to 3. // Shared_ptr ptr3(ptr2); // cout << "--- Shared pointers ptr1, ptr2, ptr3 ---\n"; // cout << ptr1; // cout << ptr2; // cout << ptr3; // } // // // ptr3 is out of scope. // // It would have been destructed. // // So shared pointer reference counter // // should have decreased now to 2. // cout << "--- Shared pointers ptr1, ptr2 ---\n"; // cout << ptr1; // cout << ptr2; // } // // // ptr2 is out of scope. // // It would have been destructed. // // So shared pointer reference counter // // should have decreased now to 1. // cout << "--- Shared pointers ptr1 ---\n"; // cout << ptr1; // // return 0; //} #endif /* CPP_FOUNDATION_SHARED_PTR_H_ */