autoDeletable.h

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#ifndef BALL_CONCEPT_AUTODELETABLE_H
#define BALL_CONCEPT_AUTODELETABLE_H

#ifndef BALL_CONFIG_CONFIG_H
# include <BALL/CONFIG/config.h>
#endif

#ifndef BALL_COMMON_COMMON_H
# include <BALL/COMMON/debug.h>
#endif

#ifndef BALL_COMMON_GLOBAL_H
# include <BALL/COMMON/global.h>
#endif

#include <cstdlib>
#include <new>
#include <iostream>

namespace BALL 
{

  class BALL_EXPORT AutoDeletable
  {
    public:


    virtual ~AutoDeletable()
      ;

    void* operator new(size_t size) 
      ;
  
    void operator delete(void* ptr) 
      ;
  
    void* operator new(size_t size, void* ptr)
      ;
  
    void operator delete(void* ptr, void*)
      ;
  
  
  
    void setAutoDeletable(bool enable)
      ;

    /* This is required for cleaning up in case we want to
       valgrind our stuff -- otherwise we get "still reachable"
       blocks through this ptr.
    */
    static void clearLastPtr() { last_ptr_ = 0; }


    bool isAutoDeletable() const
      ;


    protected:

    /*_ Default constructor.
        Should be called by subclasses only. There's no need to construct
        AutoDeletable objects by themselves.
    */
    AutoDeletable()
      ;

    /*_ Copy constructor.
    */
    AutoDeletable(const AutoDeletable& auto_deletable, bool deep = false)
      ;


    private:

    /*_ Flag describing whether the object may be deleted automatically.
    */
    bool enabled_;

    /*_ The last new pointer.
        This pointe ris used internally to determine whether a given 
        instance of AutoDeletable was constructed statically or dynamically.
    */
    static  void* last_ptr_;
  };

# ifndef BALL_NO_INLINE_FUNCTIONS
#   include <BALL/CONCEPT/autoDeletable.iC>
# endif

} // namespace BALL

#endif // BALL_CONCEPT_AUTODELETABLE_H