IRefCounted.h

// Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Raynaldo (Wildicv) Rivera, Joshua (Dark_Kilauea) Jones, Murat (wolfmanfx) Sari
// This file is part of the "cAudio Engine"
// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in cAudio.h
 
#pragma once
 
#include "cAudioMemory.h"
 
namespace cAudio
{
        class IRefCounted
        {
        public:
                IRefCounted() : RefCount(1) { }
                virtual ~IRefCounted() { }
 
                virtual void grab()
                {
                        ++RefCount; 
                }
 
                virtual bool drop()
                {
                        --RefCount;
                        if (RefCount < 1)
                        {
                                CAUDIO_DELETE this;
                                return true;
                        }
                        return false;
                }
 
                int getReferenceCount() const
                {
                        return RefCount;
                }
 
        protected:
                int RefCount;
        };      
}