4 // Copyright (C) 2006 Matthias Braun <matze@braunis.de>
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23 /** This class behaves like a pointer to a refcounted object, but increments the
24 * reference count when new objects are assigned and decrements the refcounter
25 * when it's lifetime has experied. (similar to std::auto_ptr)
37 Ref(const Ref<T>& other)
38 : object(other.object)
49 void operator= (const Ref<T>& other)
54 void operator= (T* object)
59 this->object->unref();
60 this->object = object;
63 T* operator ->() const
73 operator const T* () const