#include <iostream>
#include <stdexcept>
using namespace std;
#define TEST_SMARTPTR
class Stub
{
public:
void print() {
cout<<"Stub: print"<<endl;
}
~Stub(){
cout<<"Stub: Destructor"<<endl;
}
};
template <typename T>
class SmartPtr
{
public:
SmartPtr(T *p = 0): ptr(p), pUse(new size_t(1)) { }
SmartPtr(const SmartPtr& src): ptr(src.ptr), pUse(src.pUse) {
++*pUse;
}
SmartPtr& operator= (const SmartPtr& rhs) {
// self-assigning is also right
++*rhs.pUse;
decrUse();
ptr = rhs.ptr;
pUse = rhs.pUse;
return *this;
}
T *operator->() {
if (ptr)
return ptr;
throw std::runtime_error("access through NULL pointer");
}
const T *operator->() const {
if (ptr)
return ptr;
throw std::runtime_error("access through NULL pointer");
}
T &operator*() {
if (ptr)
return *ptr;
throw std::runtime_error("dereference of NULL pointer");
}
const T &operator*() const {
if (ptr)
return *ptr;
throw std::runtime_error("dereference of NULL pointer");
}
~SmartPtr() {
decrUse();
#ifdef TEST_SMARTPTR
std::cout<<"SmartPtr: Destructor"<<std::endl;// for testing
#endif
}
private:
void decrUse() {
if (--*pUse == 0) {
delete ptr;
delete pUse;
}
}
T *ptr;
size_t *pUse;
};
int main()
{
try {
SmartPtr<Stub> t;
t->print();
} catch (const exception& err) {
cout<<err.what()<<endl;
}
SmartPtr<Stub> t1(new Stub);
SmartPtr<Stub> t2(t1);
SmartPtr<Stub> t3(new Stub);
t3 = t2;
t1->print();
(*t3).print();
return 0;
}