smart-array-pointer.h

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#ifndef V8_SMART_ARRAY_POINTER_H_
#define V8_SMART_ARRAY_POINTER_H_

namespace v8 {
namespace internal {


// A 'scoped array pointer' that calls DeleteArray on its pointer when the
// destructor is called.
template<typename T>
class SmartArrayPointer {
 public:
  // Default constructor. Constructs an empty scoped pointer.
  inline SmartArrayPointer() : p_(NULL) {}

  // Constructs a scoped pointer from a plain one.
  explicit inline SmartArrayPointer(T* ptr) : p_(ptr) {}

  // Copy constructor removes the pointer from the original to avoid double
  // freeing.
  inline SmartArrayPointer(const SmartArrayPointer<T>& rhs) : p_(rhs.p_) {
    const_cast<SmartArrayPointer<T>&>(rhs).p_ = NULL;
  }

  // When the destructor of the scoped pointer is executed the plain pointer
  // is deleted using DeleteArray.  This implies that you must allocate with
  // NewArray.
  inline ~SmartArrayPointer() { if (p_) DeleteArray(p_); }

  inline T* operator->() const { return p_; }

  // You can get the underlying pointer out with the * operator.
  inline T* operator*() { return p_; }

  // You can use [n] to index as if it was a plain pointer
  inline T& operator[](size_t i) {
    return p_[i];
  }

  // We don't have implicit conversion to a T* since that hinders migration:
  // You would not be able to change a method from returning a T* to
  // returning an SmartArrayPointer<T> and then get errors wherever it is used.


  // If you want to take out the plain pointer and don't want it automatically
  // deleted then call Detach().  Afterwards, the smart pointer is empty
  // (NULL).
  inline T* Detach() {
    T* temp = p_;
    p_ = NULL;
    return temp;
  }

  // Assignment requires an empty (NULL) SmartArrayPointer as the receiver. Like
  // the copy constructor it removes the pointer in the original to avoid
  // double freeing.
  inline SmartArrayPointer& operator=(const SmartArrayPointer<T>& rhs) {
    ASSERT(is_empty());
    T* tmp = rhs.p_;  // swap to handle self-assignment
    const_cast<SmartArrayPointer<T>&>(rhs).p_ = NULL;
    p_ = tmp;
    return *this;
  }

  inline bool is_empty() { return p_ == NULL; }

 private:
  T* p_;
};

} }  // namespace v8::internal

#endif  // V8_SMART_ARRAY_POINTER_H_