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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_TOOLS_WEAKBASE_H
+#define INCLUDED_TOOLS_WEAKBASE_H
+
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+#include <tools/toolsdllapi.h>
+
+/** the template classes in this header are helper to implement weak references
+    to implementation objects that are not refcounted.
+
+    THIS IS NOT THREADSAFE
+
+    Use this only to have 'safe' pointers to implementation objects that you
+    don't own but that you reference with a pointer.
+
+    Example:
+
+    class ImplClass : public tools::WeakBase< ImplClass >
+    {
+        ~ImplClass() { clearWeek(); } // not needed but safer, see method description
+        ...
+    };
+
+    class UserClass
+    {
+        tools::WeakReference< ImplClass > mxWeakRef;
+
+        UserClass( ImplClass* pObject ) : mxWeakRef( pObject ) {}
+
+        DoSomething()
+        {
+            if( mxWeakRef.is() )
+                mxWeakRef->DoSomethingMore();
+        }
+    };
+*/
+namespace tools
+{
+class WeakBase;
+
+/** private connection helper, do not use directly */
+struct WeakConnection
+{
+    sal_Int32   mnRefCount;
+    WeakBase*   mpReference;
+
+    WeakConnection() : mnRefCount( 0 ), mpReference( nullptr ) {};
+    WeakConnection( WeakBase* pReference ) : mnRefCount( 0 ), mpReference( pReference ) {};
+    void acquire() { mnRefCount++; }
+    void release() { mnRefCount--; if( mnRefCount == 0 ) delete this; }
+};
+
+/** template implementation to hold a weak reference to an instance of type reference_type */
+template <class reference_type>
+class SAL_WARN_UNUSED WeakReference
+{
+public:
+    /** constructs an empty reference */
+    inline WeakReference();
+
+    /** constructs a reference with a pointer to a class derived from WeakBase */
+    inline WeakReference( reference_type* pReference );
+
+    /** constructs a reference from another reference */
+    inline WeakReference( const WeakReference< reference_type >& rWeakRef );
+
+    /** move a reference from another reference */
+    inline WeakReference( WeakReference< reference_type >&& rWeakRef );
+
+    /** returns true if the reference object is not null and still alive */
+    inline bool is() const;
+
+    /** returns true if the reference object is not null and still alive */
+    operator bool() const { return is(); }
+
+    /** returns the pointer to the reference object or null */
+    inline reference_type * get() const;
+
+    /** sets this reference to the given object or null */
+    inline void reset( reference_type* pReference );
+
+    /** resets this reference to null */
+    inline void reset();
+
+    /** returns the pointer to the reference object or null */
+    inline reference_type * operator->() const;
+
+    /** returns a ref to the reference object */
+    inline reference_type& operator*() const;
+
+    /** returns true if this instance references pReferenceObject */
+    inline bool operator== (const reference_type * pReferenceObject) const;
+
+    /** returns true if this instance and the given weakref reference the same object */
+    inline bool operator== (const WeakReference<reference_type> & handle) const;
+
+    /** only needed for using this class with stl containers */
+    inline bool operator!= (const WeakReference<reference_type> & handle) const;
+
+    /** only needed for using this class with stl containers */
+    inline bool operator< (const WeakReference<reference_type> & handle) const;
+
+    /** only needed for using this class with stl containers */
+    inline bool operator> (const WeakReference<reference_type> & handle) const;
+
+    /** the assignment operator */
+    inline WeakReference<reference_type>& operator= (const WeakReference<reference_type> & handle);
+
+    /** the move assignment operator */
+    inline WeakReference<reference_type>& operator= (WeakReference<reference_type> && handle);
+
+private:
+    rtl::Reference<WeakConnection> mpWeakConnection;
+};
+
+/** derive your implementation classes from this class if you want them to support weak references */
+class TOOLS_DLLPUBLIC WeakBase
+{
+    template<typename T> friend class WeakReference;
+
+public:
+    WeakBase() {}
+    virtual ~WeakBase();
+    /** clears the reference pointer in all living weak references for this instance.
+        Further created weak references will also be invalid.
+        You should call this method in the d'tor of your derived classes for an early
+        invalidate of all living weak references while your object is already inside
+        it d'tor.
+    */
+    inline void clearWeak();
+
+private:
+    inline WeakConnection* getWeakConnection();
+    rtl::Reference<WeakConnection> mpWeakConnection;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */