premiere-libtorrent/include/libtorrent/disk_buffer_holder.hpp

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#ifndef TORRENT_DISK_BUFFER_HOLDER_HPP_INCLUDED
#define TORRENT_DISK_BUFFER_HOLDER_HPP_INCLUDED

#include "libtorrent/config.hpp"
#include "libtorrent/assert.hpp"
#include <algorithm>

namespace libtorrent
{

	namespace aux { struct session_impl; }
	struct disk_buffer_pool;

	// The disk buffer holder acts like a ``scoped_ptr`` that frees a disk buffer
	// when it's destructed, unless it's released. ``release`` returns the disk
	// buffer and transferres ownership and responsibility to free it to the caller.
	// 
	// A disk buffer is freed by passing it to ``session_impl::free_disk_buffer()``.
	// 
	// ``buffer()`` returns the pointer without transferring responsibility. If
	// this buffer has been released, ``buffer()`` will return 0.
	struct TORRENT_EXPORT disk_buffer_holder
	{
		// internal
		disk_buffer_holder(aux::session_impl& ses, char* buf);

		// construct a buffer holder that will free the held buffer
		// using a disk buffer pool directly (there's only one
		// disk_buffer_pool per session)
		disk_buffer_holder(disk_buffer_pool& disk_pool, char* buf);

		// frees any unreleased disk buffer held by this object
		~disk_buffer_holder();
		
		// return the held disk buffer and clear it from the
		// holder. The responsibility to free it is passed on
		// to the caller
		char* release();

		// return a pointer to the held buffer
		char* get() const { return m_buf; }

		// set the holder object to hold the specified buffer
		// (or NULL by default). If it's already holding a
		// disk buffer, it will first be freed.
		void reset(char* buf = 0);

		// swap pointers of two disk buffer holders.
		void swap(disk_buffer_holder& h)
		{
			TORRENT_ASSERT(&h.m_disk_pool == &m_disk_pool);
			std::swap(h.m_buf, m_buf);
		}

		typedef char* (disk_buffer_holder::*unspecified_bool_type)();

		// internal
		operator unspecified_bool_type() const
		{ return m_buf == 0? 0: &disk_buffer_holder::release; }

	private:
		disk_buffer_pool& m_disk_pool;
		char* m_buf;
	};

}

#endif