---

AutoCloner< T > Class Template Reference

Enhanced AutoPtr that has a proper copy constructor to allow copy constructor-style constructs to work properly with inheritance. More...

#include <autocloner.h>

Collaboration diagram for AutoCloner< T >:

[legend]List of all members.

Public Methods
	AutoCloner ()
	Default constructor sets things to NULL. More...
	AutoCloner (T *t)
	Pass in a T* and this sets the pointer to it. More...
	AutoCloner (const AutoCloner< T > &o)
	The copy constructor calls the gets operator. More...
AutoCloner< T > &	operator= (const T &t)
	The gets operator clones T when a sole T is passed in. More...
AutoCloner< T > &	operator= (const T *t)
	When a T pointer is passed in it checks for nullity before calling Clone(). More...
AutoCloner< T > &	operator= (const AutoCloner< T > &o)
	The standard gets uses one of the other gets to clone the pointer. More...
	~AutoCloner ()
	Destructor kills this copy of T -- wow this seems like Jave. More...
const T *	operator-> () const
	Dereferences this. More...
T *	operator-> ()
	Dereferences this. More...
bool	IsNull () const
	Checks if the pointer itself is null so that one may dereference safely. More...
bool	NotNull () const
	Inverse if isNull(). More...
Private Attributes
T *	t
	The actual pointer. More...

---

Detailed Description

template<class T>
class AutoCloner< T >

Enhanced AutoPtr that has a proper copy constructor to allow copy constructor-style constructs to work properly with inheritance.

Requires class T to have a virtual Clone() function that will duplicate itself

---

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<class T> AutoCloner< T >::AutoCloner (    )  [inline]

Default constructor sets things to NULL. {t=NULL;}

template<class T> AutoCloner< T >::AutoCloner (  T *    t )  [inline]

Pass in a T* and this sets the pointer to it. {this->t =t;}

template<class T> AutoCloner< T >::AutoCloner (  const AutoCloner< T > &    o )  [inline]

The copy constructor calls the gets operator. {*this = o;}

template<class T> AutoCloner< T >::~AutoCloner (    )  [inline]

Destructor kills this copy of T -- wow this seems like Jave. {if (t) delete t;}

---

Member Function Documentation

template<class T> bool AutoCloner< T >::IsNull (    )  const [inline]

Checks if the pointer itself is null so that one may dereference safely. {return t==0;}

template<class T> bool AutoCloner< T >::NotNull (    )  const [inline]

Inverse if isNull(). {return !isNull();}

template<class T> T* AutoCloner< T >::operator-> (    )  [inline]

Dereferences this. {return t;}

template<class T> const T* AutoCloner< T >::operator-> (    )  const [inline]

Dereferences this. {return t;}

template<class T> AutoCloner<T>& AutoCloner< T >::operator= (  const AutoCloner< T > &    o )  [inline]

The standard gets uses one of the other gets to clone the pointer. { return *this = o.t; }

template<class T> AutoCloner<T>& AutoCloner< T >::operator= (  const T *    t )  [inline]

When a T pointer is passed in it checks for nullity before calling Clone(). { if (t) return *this = *t; else this->t=0; return *this; }

template<class T> AutoCloner<T>& AutoCloner< T >::operator= (  const T &    t )  [inline]

The gets operator clones T when a sole T is passed in. { this->t = t.clone(); return *this; }

---

Member Data Documentation

template<class T> T* AutoCloner< T >::t [private]

The actual pointer.

---

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

• autocloner.h

---