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28 
29 /// \file utils/auto_array.hpp
30 /// Provides the utils::auto_array class.
31 ///
32 /// The class is provided as a separate module on its own to minimize
33 /// header-inclusion side-effects.
34 
35 #if !defined(UTILS_AUTO_ARRAY_HPP)
36 #define UTILS_AUTO_ARRAY_HPP
37 
38 #include "utils/auto_array_fwd.hpp"
39 
40 #include <cstddef>
41 
42 namespace utils {
43 
44 
45 namespace detail {
46 
47 
48 /// Wrapper class to provide reference semantics for utils::auto_array.
49 ///
50 /// This class is internally used, for example, to allow returning a
51 /// utils::auto_array from a function.
52 template< class T >
53 class auto_array_ref {
54     /// Internal pointer to the dynamically-allocated array.
55     T* _ptr;
56 
57     template< class > friend class utils::auto_array;
58 
59 public:
60     explicit auto_array_ref(T*);
61 };
62 
63 
64 }  // namespace detail
65 
66 
67 /// A simple smart pointer for arrays providing strict ownership semantics.
68 ///
69 /// This class is the counterpart of std::auto_ptr for arrays.  The semantics of
70 /// the API of this class are the same as those of std::auto_ptr.
71 ///
72 /// The wrapped pointer must be NULL or must have been allocated using operator
73 /// new[].
74 template< class T >
75 class auto_array {
76     /// Internal pointer to the dynamically-allocated array.
77     T* _ptr;
78 
79 public:
80     auto_array(T* = NULL) throw();
81     auto_array(auto_array< T >&) throw();
82     auto_array(detail::auto_array_ref< T >) throw();
83     ~auto_array(void) throw();
84 
85     T* get(void) throw();
86     const T* get(void) const throw();
87 
88     T* release(void) throw();
89     void reset(T* = NULL) throw();
90 
91     auto_array< T >& operator=(auto_array< T >&) throw();
92     auto_array< T >& operator=(detail::auto_array_ref< T >) throw();
93     T& operator[](int) throw();
94     const T& operator[](int) const throw();
95     operator detail::auto_array_ref< T >(void) throw();
96 };
97 
98 
99 }  // namespace utils
100 
101 
102 #endif  // !defined(UTILS_AUTO_ARRAY_HPP)
103