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#ifndef __BASE_REFCNT_HH__
#define __BASE_REFCNT_HH__

class RefCounted
{
  private:
    mutable int count;

  private:
    // Don't allow a default copy constructor or copy operator on
    // these objects because the default operation will copy the
    // reference count as well and we certainly don't want that.
    RefCounted(const RefCounted &);
    RefCounted &operator=(const RefCounted &);

  public:
    RefCounted() : count(0) {}
    virtual ~RefCounted() {}

    void incref() { ++count; }
    void decref() { if (--count <= 0) delete this; }
};

template <class T>
class RefCountingPtr
{
  protected:
    T *data;

    void copy(T *d)
    {
        data = d;
        if (data)
            data->incref();
    }
    void del()
    {
        if (data)
            data->decref();
    }
    void set(T *d)
    {
        if (data == d)
            return;

        del();
        copy(d);
    }


  public:
    RefCountingPtr() : data(0) {}
    RefCountingPtr(T *data) { copy(data); }
    RefCountingPtr(const RefCountingPtr &r) { copy(r.data); }
    ~RefCountingPtr() { del(); }

    T *operator->() const { return data; }
    T &operator*() const { return *data; }
    T *get() const { return data; }

    const RefCountingPtr &operator=(T *p) { set(p); return *this; }
    const RefCountingPtr &operator=(const RefCountingPtr &r)
    { return operator=(r.data); }

    bool operator!() const { return data == 0; }
    operator bool() const { return data != 0; }
};

template<class T>
inline bool operator==(const RefCountingPtr<T> &l, const RefCountingPtr<T> &r)
{ return l.get() == r.get(); }

template<class T>
inline bool operator==(const RefCountingPtr<T> &l, const T *r)
{ return l.get() == r; }

template<class T>
inline bool operator==(const T *l, const RefCountingPtr<T> &r)
{ return l == r.get(); }

template<class T>
inline bool operator!=(const RefCountingPtr<T> &l, const RefCountingPtr<T> &r)
{ return l.get() != r.get(); }

template<class T>
inline bool operator!=(const RefCountingPtr<T> &l, const T *r)
{ return l.get() != r; }

template<class T>
inline bool operator!=(const T *l, const RefCountingPtr<T> &r)
{ return l != r.get(); }

#endif // __BASE_REFCNT_HH__