OwnArrayPtr.h

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#ifndef WTF_OwnArrayPtr_h
#define WTF_OwnArrayPtr_h

#include <algorithm>
#include "Assertions.h"
#include "Noncopyable.h"

namespace WTF {

    template <typename T> class OwnArrayPtr : Noncopyable {
    public:
        explicit OwnArrayPtr(T* ptr = 0) : m_ptr(ptr) { }
        ~OwnArrayPtr() { safeDelete(); }

        T* get() const { return m_ptr; }
        T* release() { T* ptr = m_ptr; m_ptr = 0; return ptr; }

        void set(T* ptr) { ASSERT(m_ptr != ptr); safeDelete(); m_ptr = ptr; }
        void clear() { safeDelete(); m_ptr = 0; }

        T& operator*() const { ASSERT(m_ptr); return *m_ptr; }
        T* operator->() const { ASSERT(m_ptr); return m_ptr; }

        T& operator[](std::ptrdiff_t i) const { ASSERT(m_ptr); ASSERT(i >= 0); return m_ptr[i]; }

        bool operator!() const { return !m_ptr; }

        // This conversion operator allows implicit conversion to bool but not to other integer types.
        typedef T* (OwnArrayPtr::*UnspecifiedBoolType)() const;
        operator UnspecifiedBoolType() const { return m_ptr ? &OwnArrayPtr::get : 0; }

        void swap(OwnArrayPtr& o) { std::swap(m_ptr, o.m_ptr); }

    private:
        void safeDelete() { typedef char known[sizeof(T) ? 1 : -1]; if (sizeof(known)) delete [] m_ptr; }

        T* m_ptr;
    };

    template <typename T> inline void swap(OwnArrayPtr<T>& a, OwnArrayPtr<T>& b) { a.swap(b); }

} // namespace WTF

using WTF::OwnArrayPtr;

#endif // WTF_OwnArrayPtr_h