Reference counting让我想起了Java,当如果想用C++来实现Java的能力的话,那Reference counting必不可少。Reference counting可以节省程序的运行成本,大量的构造、析构、分配、释放和拷贝的代价被省略。
实现
classRCObject
{
public:
RCObject():refCount(0),shareable(true){}
RCObject(constRCObject&):refCount(0),shareable(true){}
RCObject& operator=(constRCObject& rhs){return *this;}
virtual ~RCObject()=0;
void AddReference(){++refCount;}
void RemoveReference(){if (--refCount == 0) deletethis;}
void markUnshareable(){shareable = false;}
bool isShareable() const{returnshareable;}
bool isShared() const {returnrefCount > 1;}
private:
int refCount;
bool shareable;
};
RCObject::~RCObject(){}
template <classT>
class RCPtr
{
public:
RCPtr(T* realPtr = 0):pointee(realPtr){init();}
RCPtr(constRCPtr& rhs):pointee(rhs.pointee){init();}
~RCPtr(){if (pointee) pointee->RemoveReference();}
RCPtr& operator = (constRCPtr& rhs)
{
if (pointee!=rhs.pointee)
{
if (pointee)
pointee->RemoveReference();
pointee = rhs.pointee;
init();
}
return *this;
}
T* operator->() const { returnpointee;}
T& operator*() const{return *pointee;}
private:
T* pointee;
void init()
{
if (pointee == 0)
return;
if (pointee->isShareable() == false)
pointee = newT(*pointee);
pointee->AddReference();
}
};
class String
{
public:
String(const char* value = ""):value(newStringValue(value)){}
const char& operator[](intnIndex) const
{
return value->data[nIndex];
}
char& operator[](intnIndex)
{
if (value->isShared())
value = newStringValue(value->data);
value->markUnshareable();
returnvalue->data[nIndex];
}
protected:
private:
struct StringValue:publicRCObject
{
char* data;
String Value(constchar* initValue)
{
init(initValue);
}
String Value(constStringValue& rhs)
{
init(rhs.data);
}
void init(constchar * initValue)
{
data = newchar[strlen(initValue) + 1];
strcpy(data,initValue);
}
~String Value()
{
delete [] data;
}
};
RCPtr<StringValue> value;
};