Resource.hpp

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// SFML - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library
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#ifndef SFML_RESOURCE_HPP
#define SFML_RESOURCE_HPP

// Headers
#include <set>
#include <cstddef>

namespace sf
{
// These two classes are defined in the same header because
// they depend on each other. And as they're template classes,
// they must be entirely defined in header files, which
// prevents from proper separate compiling

template <typename> class ResourcePtr;

template <typename T>
class Resource
{
protected :

    Resource();

    Resource(const Resource<T>& Copy);

    ~Resource();

    Resource<T>& operator =(const Resource<T>& Other);

private :

    friend class ResourcePtr<T>;

    void Connect(ResourcePtr<T>& Observer) const;

    void Disconnect(ResourcePtr<T>& Observer) const;

    // Member data
    mutable std::set<ResourcePtr<T>*> myObservers;
};


template <typename T>
class ResourcePtr
{
public :

    ResourcePtr();

    ResourcePtr(const T* Resource);

    ResourcePtr(const ResourcePtr<T>& Copy);

    ~ResourcePtr();

    ResourcePtr<T>& operator =(const ResourcePtr<T>& Other);

    ResourcePtr<T>& operator =(const T* Resource);

    operator const T*() const;

    const T& operator *() const;

    const T* operator ->() const;

    void OnResourceDestroyed();

private :

    // Member data
    const T* myResource; 
};

#include <SFML/System/Resource.inl>
#include <SFML/System/ResourcePtr.inl>

} // namespace sf


#endif // SFML_RESOURCE_HPP