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base.AutoArray.h

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  SWORD 2000 - Software With Objects for Rapid Development
  Copyright (C) 2003 Eric NICOLAS
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  SWORD is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.

  SWORD 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  along with SWORD; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#ifndef _SWORD_BASE_AUTOARRAY_
#define _SWORD_BASE_AUTOARRAY_

namespace sword {

        // Template AutoArray
        // -------------------

        // Same as std::auto_ptr except that it stores an array of
        // instances, and thus uses delete[] operator for
        // destruction instead of delete.

        template<class X> class AutoArray {
                X* ptr_;

        public:
                explicit AutoArray(X* p =0) throw() : ptr_(p) { }
                ~AutoArray() throw() { delete[] ptr_; }
                AutoArray& operator=(X *ptr) throw() { ptr_=ptr; return *this;}

                X& operator*() const throw() { return *ptr_; }
    X& operator[](word position) throw() { return ptr_[position]; }
    const X& operator[](word position) const throw() { return ptr_[position]; }

                X* getPtr() const throw() { return ptr_; }
        };

} // namespace sword

#endif // _SWORD_BASE_AUTOARRAY_

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