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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 <cstddef>
39 
40 namespace utils {
41 
42 
43 template< class > class auto_array;
44 
45 
46 namespace detail {
47 
48 
49 /// Wrapper class to provide reference semantics for utils::auto_array.
50 ///
51 /// This class is internally used, for example, to allow returning a
52 /// utils::auto_array from a function.
53 template< class T >
54 class auto_array_ref {
55     /// Internal pointer to the dynamically-allocated array.
56     T* _ptr;
57 
58     template< class > friend class utils::auto_array;
59 
60 public:
61     explicit auto_array_ref(T*);
62 };
63 
64 
65 }  // namespace detail
66 
67 
68 /// A simple smart pointer for arrays providing strict ownership semantics.
69 ///
70 /// This class is the counterpart of std::auto_ptr for arrays.  The semantics of
71 /// the API of this class are the same as those of std::auto_ptr.
72 ///
73 /// The wrapped pointer must be NULL or must have been allocated using operator
74 /// new[].
75 template< class T >
76 class auto_array {
77     /// Internal pointer to the dynamically-allocated array.
78     T* _ptr;
79 
80 public:
81     auto_array(T* = NULL) throw();
82     auto_array(auto_array< T >&) throw();
83     auto_array(detail::auto_array_ref< T >) throw();
84     ~auto_array(void) throw();
85 
86     T* get(void) throw();
87     const T* get(void) const throw();
88 
89     T* release(void) throw();
90     void reset(T* = NULL) throw();
91 
92     auto_array< T >& operator=(auto_array< T >&) throw();
93     auto_array< T >& operator=(detail::auto_array_ref< T >) throw();
94     T& operator[](int) throw();
95     const T& operator[](int) const throw();
96     operator detail::auto_array_ref< T >(void) throw();
97 };
98 
99 
100 }  // namespace utils
101 
102 
103 #endif  // !defined(UTILS_AUTO_ARRAY_HPP)
104