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+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016 Realm Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ **************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef REALM_UTIL_CF_PTR_HPP
+#define REALM_UTIL_CF_PTR_HPP
+
+#include <realm/util/assert.hpp>
+
+#if REALM_PLATFORM_APPLE
+
+#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
+
+namespace realm {
+namespace util {
+
+template <class Ref>
+class CFPtr {
+public:
+ explicit CFPtr(Ref ref = nullptr) noexcept
+ : m_ref(ref)
+ {
+ }
+
+ CFPtr(CFPtr&& rg) noexcept
+ : m_ref(rg.m_ref)
+ {
+ rg.m_ref = nullptr;
+ }
+
+ ~CFPtr() noexcept
+ {
+ if (m_ref)
+ CFRelease(m_ref);
+ }
+
+ CFPtr& operator=(CFPtr&& rg) noexcept
+ {
+ REALM_ASSERT(!m_ref || m_ref != rg.m_ref);
+ if (m_ref)
+ CFRelease(m_ref);
+ m_ref = rg.m_ref;
+ rg.m_ref = nullptr;
+ return *this;
+ }
+
+ explicit operator bool() const noexcept
+ {
+ return bool(m_ref);
+ }
+
+ Ref get() const noexcept
+ {
+ return m_ref;
+ }
+
+ Ref release() noexcept
+ {
+ Ref ref = m_ref;
+ m_ref = nullptr;
+ return ref;
+ }
+
+ void reset(Ref ref = nullptr) noexcept
+ {
+ REALM_ASSERT(!m_ref || m_ref != ref);
+ if (m_ref)
+ CFRelease(m_ref);
+ m_ref = ref;
+ }
+
+private:
+ Ref m_ref;
+};
+
+template <class Ref>
+CFPtr<Ref> adoptCF(Ref ptr)
+{
+ return CFPtr<Ref>(ptr);
+}
+
+template <class Ref>
+CFPtr<Ref> retainCF(Ref ptr)
+{
+ CFRetain(ptr);
+ return CFPtr<Ref>(ptr);
+}
+}
+}
+
+
+#endif // REALM_PLATFORM_APPLE
+
+#endif // REALM_UTIL_CF_PTR_HPP