#pragma once #include <exception> #include <memory> #include <stdexcept> namespace nix { /* A simple non-nullable reference-counted pointer. Actually a wrapper around std::shared_ptr that prevents non-null constructions. */ template <typename T> class ref { private: std::shared_ptr<T> p; public: ref<T>(const ref<T>& r) : p(r.p) {} explicit ref<T>(const std::shared_ptr<T>& p) : p(p) { if (!p) throw std::invalid_argument("null pointer cast to ref"); } explicit ref<T>(T* p) : p(p) { if (!p) throw std::invalid_argument("null pointer cast to ref"); } T* operator->() const { return &*p; } T& operator*() const { return *p; } operator std::shared_ptr<T>() const { return p; } std::shared_ptr<T> get_ptr() const { return p; } template <typename T2> ref<T2> cast() const { return ref<T2>(std::dynamic_pointer_cast<T2>(p)); } template <typename T2> std::shared_ptr<T2> dynamic_pointer_cast() const { return std::dynamic_pointer_cast<T2>(p); } template <typename T2> operator ref<T2>() const { return ref<T2>((std::shared_ptr<T2>)p); } private: template <typename T2, typename... Args> friend ref<T2> make_ref(Args&&... args); }; template <typename T, typename... Args> inline ref<T> make_ref(Args&&... args) { auto p = std::make_shared<T>(std::forward<Args>(args)...); return ref<T>(p); } } // namespace nix