libabigail/include/abg-sptr-utils.h

// -*- mode: C++ -*-
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/// @file
///
/// Utilities to ease the wrapping of C types into std::tr1::shared_ptr

#ifndef __ABG_SPTR_UTILS_H__
#define __ABG_SPTR_UTILS_H__

#include <tr1/memory>
#include <regex.h>
#include <libxml/xmlreader.h>

namespace abigail
{

/// Namespace for the utilities to wrap C types into std::tr1::shared_ptr.
namespace sptr_utils
{

using std::tr1::shared_ptr;

/// This is to be specialized for the diverse C types that needs
/// wrapping in shared_ptr.
///
/// @tparam T the type of the C type to wrap in a shared_ptr.
///
/// @param p a pointer to wrap in a shared_ptr.
///
/// @return then newly shared_ptr<T>
template<class T>
shared_ptr<T>
build_sptr(T* p);

/// A convenience typedef for a shared pointer of xmlTextReader.
typedef shared_ptr<xmlTextReader> reader_sptr;

/// Specialization of sptr_utils::build_sptr for xmlTextReader
template<>
reader_sptr
build_sptr<xmlTextReader>(xmlTextReader *p);

/// A convenience typedef for a shared pointer of xmlChar.
typedef shared_ptr<xmlChar> xml_char_sptr;

/// Specialization of build_str for xmlChar.
template<>
xml_char_sptr build_sptr<xmlChar>(xmlChar *p);

/// A convenience typedef for a shared pointer of regex_t.
typedef shared_ptr<regex_t> regex_t_sptr;

/// Specialization of sptr_utils::build_sptr for regex_t.
template<>
regex_t_sptr
build_sptr<regex_t>(regex_t *p);

/// A deleter for shared pointers that ... doesn't delete the object
/// managed by the shared pointer.
struct noop_deleter
{
  template<typename T>
  void
  operator()(const T*)
  {}
};
}// end namespace sptr_utils
}// end namespace abigail

#endif //__ABG_SPTR_UTILS_H__