//-*-C++-*-

/*  inc/RefCounted.hpp  */


/*
 * Author: Philogelos A. <Philogelos@yahoo.com>
 * Maintainer: Philogelos A.
 * Keywords: C++, library, containers
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1998 Philogelos A.
 *
 * This file is part of Quercus Robusta.
 *
 * Quercus Robusta is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 *
 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
 * along with this software; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 *
 */


#ifndef __REFCOUNTED_HPP__

#define __REFCOUNTED_HPP__
/* $Id: RefCounted.hpp,v 1.2 1999/03/03 19:09:04 philogelos Exp $ */

#include "RefCountable.hpp"
#include "Object.hpp"
/** 
	Default implementation for objects supporting garbage collecting
	through reference counting.

	@see RefCountable
	@author Philogelos
	@created ÇâÒ 18 ¸îÝ 1998 18:15:48
*/
abstract class RefCounted : public RefCountable,
							public virtual Object
{
public:  RefCounted();
public:  ~RefCounted();
public:  virtual void addRef() const;
public:  virtual void delRef() const;
public:  virtual boolean isRef() const;
public:  virtual String  getString() const;
public:  virtual String  getClassName() const;

protected: mutable Index refCount;
};
/* $Log: RefCounted.hpp,v $
 * Revision 1.2  1999/03/03 19:09:04  philogelos
 * Put sources under GNU Library License
 *
 * Revision 1.1.1.1  1998/11/25 20:11:04  philogelos
 * Quercus Robusta
 *
 * Revision 1.3  1998/07/07 14:29:49  philogelos
 * Memory leak in SUNWspro dynamic_cast fixed.
 *
 * Revision 1.2  1998/06/22 18:12:55  philogelos
 * Enumerations and containers added
 *
 * Revision 1.1.1.1  1998/06/22 08:47:11  philogelos
 * First version under CVS
 *
 * Revision 1.1.1.1  1998/04/01 17:15:29  philogelos
 * first version under CVS
 * */

/* __REFCOUNTED_HPP__ */
#endif