scoped_resource.hpp

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/* $Id: scoped_resource.hpp 53741 2012-04-01 08:23:02Z mordante $ */
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*/

/**
 *  @file
 *  scoped_resource: class template, functions, helper policies etc.\ for
 *  resource management.
 */

#ifndef SCOPED_RESOURCE_H_INCLUDED
#define SCOPED_RESOURCE_H_INCLUDED

#include "global.hpp"
#include <cstdio> //for FILE

namespace util
{
/**
* A class template, scoped_resource, designed to implement
* the Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII) approach
* to resource management.
* scoped_resource is designed to be used when a resource
* is initialized at the beginning or middle of a scope,
* and released at the end of the scope.
* The template argument ReleasePolicy is a functor
* which takes an argument of the type of the resource,
* and releases it.
*
* Usage example, for working with files:
*
* @code
* struct close_file { void operator()(int fd) const {close(fd);} };
* ...
* {
*    const scoped_resource<int,close_file> file(open("file.txt",O_RDONLY));
*    read(file, buf, 1000);
* } // file is automatically closed here
* @endcode
*
* Note that scoped_resource has an explicit constructor,
* and prohibits copy-construction, and thus the initialization syntax.
* The assignment syntax must be used when initializing.
*
* I.e. using scoped_resource<int,close_file> file = open("file.txt",O_RDONLY);
* in the above example is illegal.
*
*/
template<typename T,typename ReleasePolicy>
class scoped_resource
{
    T resource;

    //prohibited operations
    scoped_resource(const scoped_resource&);
    scoped_resource& operator=(const scoped_resource&);
public:
    typedef T resource_type;
    typedef ReleasePolicy release_type;

  /**
  * Constructor
  *
  * @param res  This is the resource to be managed
  */
    scoped_resource(resource_type res = resource_type())
            : resource(res) {}

  /**
  * The destructor is the main point in this class.
  * It takes care of proper deletion of the resource,
  * using the provided release policy.
  */
    virtual ~scoped_resource()
    {
        release_type()(resource);
    }

  /**
  * This operator makes sure you can access and use the scoped_resource
  * just like you were using the resource itself.
  *
  * @return the underlying resource
  */
    operator resource_type() const { return resource; }

  /**
  * This function provides explicit access to the resource.
  * Its behaviour is identical to operator resource_type()
  *
  * @return the underlying resource
  */
    resource_type get() const { return resource; }

  /**
  * This function provides convenient direct access to the -> operator
  * if the underlying resource is a pointer.
  * Only call this function if resource_type is a pointer type.
  */
    resource_type operator->() const { return resource; }

    void assign(const resource_type& o) {
        release_type()(resource);
        resource = o;
    }
};

/**
* A helper policy for scoped_ptr.
* It will call the delete operator on a pointer, and assign the pointer to NULL
*/
struct delete_item {
    template<typename T>
    void operator()(T*& p) const { delete p; p = NULL; }
};
/**
* A helper policy for scoped_array.
* It will call the delete[] operator on a pointer, and assign the pointer to NULL
*/
struct delete_array {
    template<typename T>
    void operator()(T*& p) const { delete [] p; p = NULL; }
};

/**
* A class which implements an approximation of
* template<typename T>
* typedef scoped_resource<T*,delete_item> scoped_ptr<T>;
*
* It is a convenient synonym for a common usage of @ref scoped_resource.
* See scoped_resource for more details on how this class behaves.
*
* Usage example:
* @code
* {
*    const scoped_ptr<Object> ptr(new Object);
*    ...use ptr as you would a normal Object*...
* } // ptr is automatically deleted here
* @endcode
*
* NOTE: use this class only to manage a single object, *never* an array.
* Use scoped_array to manage arrays.
* This distinction is because you may call delete only
* on objects allocated with new,
* delete[] only on objects allocated with new[].
*/
template<typename T>
struct scoped_ptr : public scoped_resource<T*,delete_item>
{
    explicit scoped_ptr(T* p) : scoped_resource<T*,delete_item>(p) {}
};

/**
* This class has identical behaviour to @ref scoped_ptr, except it
* manages heap-allocated arrays instead of heap-allocated single objects
*
* Usage example:
* @code
* {
*    const scoped_array<char> ptr(new char[n]);
*    ...use ptr as you would a normal char*...
* } // ptr is automatically deleted here
* @endcode
*
*/
template<typename T>
struct scoped_array : public scoped_resource<T*,delete_array>
{
    explicit scoped_array(T* p) : scoped_resource<T*,delete_array>(p) {}
};

/**
 * This class specializes the scoped_resource to implement scoped FILEs.
 * Not sure this is the best place to place such an utility, though.
 */
struct close_FILE
{
    void operator()(std::FILE* f) const { if(f != NULL) { std::fclose(f); } }
};
typedef scoped_resource<std::FILE*,close_FILE> scoped_FILE;

}

#endif