src/shared/Base.h

   1 /*
   2     Base class interface
   3     Copyright (C) 1998,1999 by Andrew Zabolotny
   4
   5     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   6     modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
   7     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   8     version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
   9
  10     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  11     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  12     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  13     Library General Public License for more details.
  14
  15     You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
  16     License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
  17     Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  18 */
  19
  20 #ifndef __BASE_H__
  21 #define __BASE_H__
  22
  23 #include "Common.h"
  24
  25 /**
  26  * This class is intended to be a base class for every other class.
  27  * It defines the basic interface available for any object.
  28  */
  29 class Base
  30 {
  31     private:
  32         /// Object reference count
  33         int RefCount;
  34
  35     protected:
  36         /**
  37          * Destroy this object. Destructor is virtual, because class contains
  38          * virtual methods; also it is private because it is never intended
  39          * to be called directly; use DecRef() instead: when reference counter
  40          * reaches zero, the object will be destroyed.
  41          */
  42         virtual ~Base ();
  43
  44     public:
  45
  46         Base ();
  47
  48         void IncRef ();
  49
  50         void DecRef ();
  51         int GetRefCount ();
  52
  53 };
  54 #endif                                                      // __BASE_H__