/*MT*
    
    MediaTomb - http://www.mediatomb.cc/
    
    object.h - this file is part of MediaTomb.
    
    Copyright (C) 2005 Gena Batyan <bgeradz@mediatomb.cc>,
                       Sergey 'Jin' Bostandzhyan <jin@mediatomb.cc>
    
    Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Gena Batyan <bgeradz@mediatomb.cc>,
                            Sergey 'Jin' Bostandzhyan <jin@mediatomb.cc>,
                            Leonhard Wimmer <leo@mediatomb.cc>
    
    MediaTomb is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
    as published by the Free Software Foundation.
    
    MediaTomb 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 General Public License for more details.
    
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    version 2 along with MediaTomb; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
    
    $Id$
*/

/// \file object.h

#ifndef __ZMM_OBJECT_H__
#define __ZMM_OBJECT_H__

#include <atomic>
#include <cstddef>
#include <new> // for size_t

namespace zmm {

class Object {
public:
    Object();
    virtual ~Object();
    void retain() const;
    void release() const;
    int getRefCount() const;

    static void* operator new(size_t size);
    static void operator delete(void* ptr);

protected:
    mutable std::atomic_uint _ref_count;
};

} // namespace

#endif // __ZMM_OBJECT_H__
