TfRefCount Class Reference

Reference counter class. More...

Public Member Functions
	TfRefCount ()
	Initialize counter to one. More...
	TfRefCount (const TfRefCount &)
	Initialize counter to one. More...
int	Get () const
	Returns counter's value. More...
const TfRefCount &	operator= (const TfRefCount &) const
	Assignment to a reference counter has no effect. More...

Friends
template<typename T >
class	TfRefPtr

Detailed Description

Reference counter class.

This class is intended to be embedded in other classes, for use as a reference counter. Unless you need to provide extraordinary customization, you should forgo direct use of this class and instead make use of the base class TfRefBase.

Initialization of a reference counter is somewhat counterintuitive. Consider an object T with a reference counter R. When T is initialized, R should be initialized to one, even if T is copy-constructed. This implies that all constructors of TfRefCount set the counter to one, even the copy constructor.

Conversely, if T is assigned to, the reference counter R in T should not change. This implies that the assignment operator for TfRefCount does not change the counter's value.

Finally, for thread-safety, the counter should be atomic.

This class was written primarily for use in classes whose access is encapsulated by means of the TfRefPtr interface; such classes require reference counting semantics as described above. Note that the behavior of a TfRefCount in a class T is invariant with respect to T's copy constructors and assignment operators.

Again, please do not directly embed a TfRefCount in a structure unless the functionality of TfRefBase is insufficient for your needs.

Definition at line 71 of file refCount.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

TfRefCount() [1/2]

TfRefCount ( )

inline

Initialize counter to one.

Definition at line 74 of file refCount.h.

TfRefCount() [2/2]

TfRefCount ( const TfRefCount &  )

inline

Initialize counter to one.

Even if you copy from a reference counter, you want the newly constructed counter to start at one.

Definition at line 81 of file refCount.h.

Member Function Documentation

Get()

int Get ( ) const

inline

Returns counter's value.

Definition at line 85 of file refCount.h.

operator=()

const TfRefCount& operator= ( const TfRefCount &  ) const

inline

Assignment to a reference counter has no effect.

Definition at line 90 of file refCount.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• pxr/base/tf/refCount.h