#include "pimpl_ptr.h" /*! \class pimpl_ptr: \ingroup core smartptr \brief Owning pointer for private implementations \since_c 2.1 (The exception safety of this class has not been evaluated yet.) pimpl_ptr is a smart immutable pointer, which owns the contained object. Unlike other smart pointers, it creates a standard constructed object when instanciated via the \link pimpl_ptr() standard constructor\endlink. Additionally, pimpl_ptr respects constness of the pointer object and returns \c const \c T* for a const pimpl_ptr object. The content of a pimpl_ptr cannot be changed during it's lifetime. \section general-use General Use The general use case of pimpl_ptr is the "Pimpl Idiom", i.e. hiding the private implementation of a class from the user's compiler which see \c MyClass as \code class MyClass { public: MyClass(); ~MyClass(); // public class API int value() const; private: class Private; // defined later kdtools::pimpl_ptr< Private > d; }; \endcode but not the private parts of it. These can only be seen (and accessed) by the code knowing \c MyClass::Private: \code class MyClass::Private { public: int value; }; MyClass::MyClass() { // d was automatically filled with new Private d->value = 42; } MyClass::~MyClass() { // the content of d gets deleted automatically } int MyClass::value() const { // access the private part: // since MyClass::value() is const, the returned pointee is const, too return d->value; } \endcode */ /*! \fn pimpl_ptr::pimpl_ptr() Default constructor. Constructs a pimpl_tr that contains (owns) a standard constructed instance of \c T. \post \c *this owns a new object. */ /*! \fn pimpl_ptr::pimpl_ptr( T * t ) Constructor. Constructs a pimpl_ptr that contains (owns) \a t. \post get() == obj */ /*! \fn pimpl_ptr::~pimpl_ptr() Destructor. \post The object previously owned by \c *this has been deleted. */ /*! \fn const T * pimpl_ptr::get() const \returns a const pointer to the contained (owned) object. \overload */ /*! \fn T * pimpl_ptr::get() \returns a pointer to the contained (owned) object. */ /*! \fn const T & pimpl_ptr::operator*() const Dereference operator. Returns \link get() *get()\endlink. \overload */ /*! \fn T & pimpl_ptr::operator*() Dereference operator. Returns \link get() *get()\endlink. */ /*! \fn const T * pimpl_ptr::operator->() const Member-by-pointer operator. Returns get(). \overload */ /*! \fn T * pimpl_ptr::operator->() Member-by-pointer operator. Returns get(). */ #ifdef KDTOOLSCORE_UNITTESTS #include #include #include namespace { struct ConstTester { bool isConst() { return false; } bool isConst() const { return true; } }; } KDAB_UNITTEST_SIMPLE( pimpl_ptr, "kdcoretools" ) { { kdtools::pimpl_ptr< QObject > p; assertNotNull( p.get() ); assertNull( p->parent() ); } { QPointer< QObject > o; { kdtools::pimpl_ptr< QObject > qobject( new QObject ); o = qobject.get(); assertEqual( o, qobject.operator->() ); assertEqual( o, &(qobject.operator*()) ); } assertNull( o ); } { const kdtools::pimpl_ptr< QObject > qobject( new QObject ); const QObject* o = qobject.get(); assertEqual( o, qobject.operator->() ); assertEqual( o, &(qobject.operator*()) ); } { kdtools::pimpl_ptr< QObject > o1; assertTrue( o1 ); kdtools::pimpl_ptr< QObject > o2( 0 ); assertFalse( o2 ); } { const kdtools::pimpl_ptr< ConstTester > o1; kdtools::pimpl_ptr< ConstTester > o2; assertTrue( o1->isConst() ); assertFalse( o2->isConst() ); assertTrue( (*o1).isConst() ); assertFalse( (*o2).isConst() ); assertTrue( o1.get()->isConst() ); assertFalse( o2.get()->isConst() ); } } #endif // KDTOOLSCORE_UNITTESTS