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stdbase::system::Object Class Reference

Base class for all classes that can be instantiated and manipulated via a reference and use the synchronized technique for mutual-exclusion. More...

Inheritance diagram for stdbase::system::Object::

List of all members.

Public Methods
synchronized	synchronize ()
	Factory method used to ensure mutual exclusion. More...
virtual bool	equals (ObjectRef object)
	Compares two objects by content and type. More...
virtual system::reference< String >	toString () const
	Provide object a String representation of this object.
Protected Methods
	Object (void)
	Object instances can only be created via a create() factory (static) function.
virtual	~Object (void)
	Destructor - called only by ObjectRef when the Object instance is no longer needed. More...
virtual void	inc () const
virtual unsigned	dec () const
Protected Attributes
unsigned	count
platform::Lock	lock
Friends
class	ObjectRef

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Detailed Description

Base class for all classes that can be instantiated and manipulated via a reference and use the synchronized technique for mutual-exclusion.

For any class there should only be one base class derived from Object. Object maintains reference counts and thread locks. For each instance, the Object part of it MUST be unique or very bad things happen.

Last maintained by

Author:

w-molloy

Date:

2002/07/26 08:09:53

Author:

Warwick Molloy

Version:

Revision:

1.3

Definition at line 76 of file Object.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

stdbase::system::Object::~Object (  void )  [protected, virtual]

Destructor - called only by ObjectRef when the Object instance is no longer needed. Objects are automatically destroyed as per the memory management implementation chosen. Definition at line 55 of file Object.cpp.

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Member Function Documentation

bool stdbase::system::Object::equals (  ObjectRef obj )  [virtual]

Compares two objects by content and type. Parameters: object   the instance to which this will be compared (should be a matching class). Definition at line 78 of file Object.cpp.

synchronized stdbase::system::Object::synchronize (  )  [inline]

Factory method used to ensure mutual exclusion. This is similar to using Java's synchronize keyword. Definition at line 159 of file Object.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• Object
• Object.cpp

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