Janitor.H

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00001 /*!@file Util/Janitor.H Simple utility class for running a cleanup function during stack unwinding */
00002 
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00033 // Primary maintainer for this file: Rob Peters <rjpeters at usc dot edu>
00034 // $HeadURL: svn://isvn.usc.edu/software/invt/trunk/saliency/src/Util/Janitor.H $
00035 // $Id: Janitor.H 7958 2007-02-20 23:30:52Z rjpeters $
00036 //
00037 
00038 #ifndef UTIL_JANITOR_H_DEFINED
00039 #define UTIL_JANITOR_H_DEFINED
00040 
00041 /// Simple utility class for running a cleanup function during stack unwinding
00042 /** This is useful in wrapping C APIs where resources are managed with
00043     acquisition and release functions. In that case, you can create a
00044     Janitor<SomeType> with a pointer to the C release function, so
00045     that the release function will be automatically called when the
00046     enclosing scope is exited (whether by function return or by
00047     exception propagation). */
00048 template <class T>
00049 struct Janitor
00050 {
00051   typedef void (void_func)(void*);
00052 
00053   typedef void (free_func)(T, void_func*);
00054 
00055   template <class F>
00056   static void typed_freeit(T t, void_func* vf)
00057   {
00058     if (vf != 0 && t != 0)
00059       (*reinterpret_cast<F>(vf))(t);
00060   }
00061 
00062   template <class F>
00063   Janitor(T t, F f)
00064     :
00065     it(t),
00066     vfunc(reinterpret_cast<void_func*>(f)),
00067     freeit(&typed_freeit<F>)
00068   {}
00069 
00070   ~Janitor()
00071   {
00072     if (freeit != 0 && it != 0)
00073       (*freeit)(it, vfunc);
00074   }
00075 
00076   T release()
00077   {
00078     freeit = 0;
00079     return it;
00080   }
00081 
00082   T it;
00083 
00084 private:
00085   void_func* vfunc;
00086   free_func* freeit;
00087 };
00088 
00089 // ######################################################################
00090 /* So things look consistent in everyone's emacs... */
00091 /* Local Variables: */
00092 /* mode: c++ */
00093 /* indent-tabs-mode: nil */
00094 /* End: */
00095 
00096 #endif // UTIL_JANITOR_H_DEFINED
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