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1 //===-- CFCReleaser.h -------------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
2 //
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 
9 #ifndef LLDB_SOURCE_HOST_MACOSX_CFCPP_CFCRELEASER_H
10 #define LLDB_SOURCE_HOST_MACOSX_CFCPP_CFCRELEASER_H
11 
12 #include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
13 
14 #include <cassert>
15 
16 // Templatized CF helper class that can own any CF pointer and will
17 // call CFRelease() on any valid pointer it owns unless that pointer is
18 // explicitly released using the release() member function. This class
19 // is designed to mimic the std::auto_ptr<T> class and has all of the
20 // same functions. The one thing to watch out for is the
21 // CFCReleaser<T>::release() function won't actually CFRelease any owned
22 // pointer, it is designed to relinquish ownership of the pointer just
23 // like std:auto_ptr<T>::release() does.
24 template <class T> class CFCReleaser {
25 public:
26   // Constructor that takes a pointer to a CF object that is
27   // to be released when this object goes out of scope
_ptr(ptr)28   CFCReleaser(T ptr = NULL) : _ptr(ptr) {}
29 
30   // Copy constructor
31   //
32   // Note that copying a CFCReleaser will not transfer
33   // ownership of the contained pointer, but it will bump its
34   // reference count. This is where this class differs from
35   // std::auto_ptr.
CFCReleaser(const CFCReleaser & rhs)36   CFCReleaser(const CFCReleaser &rhs) : _ptr(rhs.get()) {
37     if (get())
38       ::CFRetain(get());
39   }
40 
41   // The destructor will release the pointer that it contains
42   // if it has a valid pointer.
~CFCReleaser()43   virtual ~CFCReleaser() { reset(); }
44 
45   // Assignment operator.
46   //
47   // Note that assigning one CFCReleaser to another will
48   // not transfer ownership of the contained pointer, but it
49   // will bump its reference count. This is where this class
50   // differs from std::auto_ptr.
51   CFCReleaser &operator=(const CFCReleaser<T> &rhs) {
52     if (this != &rhs) {
53       // Replace our owned pointer with the new one
54       reset(rhs.get());
55       // Retain the current pointer that we own
56       if (get())
57         ::CFRetain(get());
58     }
59     return *this;
60   }
61 
62   // Get the address of the contained type in case it needs
63   // to be passed to a function that will fill in a pointer
64   // value. The function currently will assert if _ptr is not
65   // NULL because the only time this method should be used is
66   // if another function will modify the contents, and we
67   // could leak a pointer if this is not NULL. If the
68   // assertion fires, check the offending code, or call
69   // reset() prior to using the "ptr_address()" member to make
70   // sure any owned objects has CFRelease called on it.
71   // I had to add the "enforce_null" bool here because some
72   // API's require the pointer address even though they don't change it.
73   T *ptr_address(bool enforce_null = true) {
74     if (enforce_null)
75       assert(_ptr == NULL);
76     return &_ptr;
77   }
78 
79   // Access the pointer itself
get()80   T get() { return _ptr; }
81 
get()82   const T get() const { return _ptr; }
83 
84   // Set a new value for the pointer and CFRelease our old
85   // value if we had a valid one.
86   void reset(T ptr = NULL) {
87     if ((_ptr != NULL) && (ptr != _ptr))
88       ::CFRelease(_ptr);
89     _ptr = ptr;
90   }
91 
92   // Release ownership without calling CFRelease. This class
93   // is designed to mimic std::auto_ptr<T>, so the release
94   // method releases ownership of the contained pointer
95   // and does NOT call CFRelease.
release()96   T release() {
97     T tmp = _ptr;
98     _ptr = NULL;
99     return tmp;
100   }
101 
102 private:
103   T _ptr;
104 };
105 
106 #endif // LLDB_SOURCE_HOST_MACOSX_CFCPP_CFCRELEASER_H
107