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sc::RefCount Class Reference The base class for all reference counted objects. More... #include <ref.h> Inheritance diagram for sc::RefCount: [legend]Collaboration diagram for sc::RefCount: [legend]List of all members. Public Methods virtual  ~RefCount () int  lock_ptr () const   Lock this object. int  unlock_ptr () const   Unlock this object. void  use_locks (bool inVal)   start and stop using locks on this object. refcount_t  nreference () const   Return the reference count. refcount_t  reference ()   Increment the reference count and return the new count. refcount_t  dereference ()   Decrement the reference count and return the new count. int  managed () const void  unmanage ()   Turn off the reference counting mechanism for this object. More... int  managed () const   Return 1 if the object is managed. Otherwise return 0. Protected Methods   RefCount ()   RefCount (const RefCount &) RefCount &  operator= (const RefCount &) Detailed Description The base class for all reference counted objects. If multiple inheritance is used, RefCount must be virtually inherited from, otherwise references to invalid memory will likely result. Reference counting information is usually maintained by smart pointer classes Ref, however this mechanism can be supplemented or replaced by directly using the public interface to RefCount. The unmanage() member is only needed for special cases where memory management must be turned off. For example, if a reference counted object is created on the stack, memory management mechanisms based on reference counting must be prohibited from deleting it. The unmanage() member accomplishes this, but a better solution would be to allocate the object on the heap with new and let a smart pointer manage the memory for the object. When using a debugger to look at reference counted objects the count is maintained in the _reference_count_ member. However, this member is encoded so that memory overwrites can be sometimes detected. Thus, interpretation of _reference_count_ is not always straightforward. Member Function Documentation void sc::RefCount::unmanage (    )  [inline]   Turn off the reference counting mechanism for this object. The value returned by nreference() will always be 1 after this is called. The ability to unmanage() objects must be turned on at compile time by defining REF_MANAGE. There is a slight performance penalty. The documentation for this class was generated from the following file: ref.h