/** @file * * Data structure management templates (Shareable and friends) */ /* * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 innotek GmbH * * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software; * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU * General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, * in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the VirtualBox OSE * distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the hope that it will * be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind. */ /// @todo (dmik) This header is not yet used. // Templates defined here are to replace Shareable and Backupable // defined in VirtualBoxBase.h #ifndef ____H_SHAREABLE #define ____H_SHAREABLE #include #include namespace util { namespace internal { class Dummy { }; class Shareable_base { protected: class Data { public: Data() : mRefCnt (0) {} virtual ~Data() {} uint32_t addRef() { return ASMAtomicIncU32 (&mRefCnt); } uint32_t release() { uint32_t refCnt = ASMAtomicDecU32 (&mRefCnt); if (refCnt == 0) delete this; return refCnt; } private: DECLARE_CLS_COPY_CTOR_ASSIGN_NOOP (Data) uint32_t volatile mRefCnt; }; }; } // namespace internal /** * Template class to manage allocation/deallocation of data structures on the * heap with the ability to share allocated data among several instances. * * Data sharing is implemented using the concept of reference counting. * When an instance allocates the managed data structure from scratch, it sets * the reference counter to one. When it starts sharing the existing data * structure, it simply increments the reference counter by one. When it stops * sharing data, the reference counter is decremented. Once this counter drops * to zero, the managed data structure is automatically deallocated (deleted). * * Data managed by instances of this class can be either |NULL| (not allocated * and not shared) or non-|NULL| (either allocated using #create() or shared * with another instance using one of assignment operators or methods), as * indicated by the #isNull() method and by the data pointer returned by * the #data() method. Note that the #operator->() method will fail (hit an * assertion) if the managed data pointer is |NULL|. * * The managed data structure (passed as the first argument to the template) * must meet the following requirements: * * * This template class is NOT thread-safe. If you need thread safefy, you can * specify AutoLock::Lockable as the second argument to the template. In this * case, you can explicitly lock instances of the template (using the AutoLock * and AutoReaderLock classes) before accessing any of its members, as follows: * * struct Data { ... }; * Shareable mData; * ... * { * // acquire the lock until the end of the block * AutoLock lock (mData); * // share with another instance (thatData defined somewhere else) * { * AutoReaderLock thatLock (thatData); * mData = thatData; * } * // access managed data (through #operator->()) * mData->mSomeVield = someValue; * } * * * Making this class thread-safe usually assumes that the managed data * structure must be also thread-safe and must share its own lock object with * all other Shareable instances referring it (so locking it through one * Shareable instance will prevent another one sharing the same data from * accessing it). This can be done in a similar way by deriving the data * structure to manage from AutoLock::Lockable and using the #data() method to * lock it before accessing: * * struct Data : public AutoLock::Lockable { ... }; * Shareable mData; * ... * { * // read-only data access * AutoReaderLock lock (mData); // protect Shareable members (read-only) * AutoReaderLock dataLock (mData.data()); // protect Data members (read-only) * if (mData->mSomeVield) ... * } * ... * { * // data modification * AutoReaderLock lock (mData); // protect Shareable members (still read-only) * AutoLock dataLock (mData.data()); // protect Data members (exclusive) * mData->mSomeVield = someValue; * } * * * Please note that if you want to access managed data through #data() or * #operator->(), you have to enter both locks! If you only need to access * Shareable members themselves (i.e. to assign one Shareable to another or to * call #setNull()) it's enough to enter the Shareable lock only (as it's shown * at the beginning of the first example). * * @param D data structure to manage * @param Extra extra class the template instantiation will be publicly * derived from (by default, a dummy empty class) */ template class Shareable : public internal::Shareable_base, public Extra { public: /** Creates a new instance with managed data set to |NULL|. */ Shareable() : mData (NULL) {} /** Calls #setNull() and deletes this instance. */ virtual ~Shareable() { setNull(); }; /** * Allocates the managed data structure on the heap using the default * constructor. The current data, if not |NULL|, is dereferenced (see * #setNull()). */ void create() { Data data = new Data(); AssertReturn (data != NULL, (void) 0); setData (data); } /** * Allocates a copy of the managed data structure represented by the given * instance using the copy constructor. The current data, if not |NULL|, * is dereferenced (see #setNull()). * * @note The newly allocated data is not shared with the given instance * (they are fully independent of each other). */ void createCopy (const Shareable &that) { Data data = NULL; if (that.mData) { data = new Data (*that.mData); AssertReturn (data != NULL, (void) 0); } setData (data); } /** * Starts sharing the managed data structure represented by the given * instance. The data reference counter is incremented by one. */ Shareable &operator= (const Shareable &that) { setData (that->mData); return *this; } /** * Dereferences the managed data (decrements the reference counter) to * effectively stop sharing and sets the managed data pointer to |NULL|. * If this instance is the last (the only) one that to refers non-NULL data, * this data will be deallocated (deleted). Does nothing if data is |NULL|. */ virtual void setNull() { setData (NULL); } /** * Returns |true| if the managed data pointer is |NULL| (not allocated and * not shared). */ bool isNull() const { return mData == NULL; } /** * Converts this instance to |bool| (returns |true| when #isNull() is * |false|) */ operator bool() const { return !isNull(); } /** * Returns a pointer to the managed data structure (|NULL| when #isNull() * returns |true|). */ D *data() { return mData; } /** * Returns a pointer to the managed data structure (|NULL| when #isNull() * returns |true|). */ const D *data() const { return mData; } /** * A convenience shortcut to #data() (implements direct pointer semantics). * @note This operator will fail if the managed data pointer is |NULL|. */ D *operator->() { AssertMsg (mData != NULL, ("Managed data is NULL\n")); return mData; } /** * A convenience shortcut to #data() (implements direct pointer semantics). * @note This operator will fail if the managed data pointer is |NULL|. */ const D *operator->() const { AssertMsg (mData != NULL, ("Managed data is NULL\n")); return mData; } protected: typedef internal::Shareable_base::Data BD; class Data : public D, public BD { public: Data() : D(), BD() {} Data (const Data &that) : D (&that), BD() {} private: Data &operator= (const Data &that); }; void setData (Data *aData) { // beware of self assignment if (aData) aData->addRef(); if (mData) mData->release(); mData = aData; } private: Data *mData; }; WORKAROUND_MSVC7_ERROR_C2593_FOR_BOOL_OP_TPL (Shareable, , ) /** * Template class that adds support for data backup to the Shareable template. * * All thread safety remarks mentioned in the descrition of the Shareable * template are appliable to this class as well. In particular, all new methods * of this template are not implicitly thread-safe, so if you add thread * safety using the AutoLock::Lockable class, don't forget to lock the * Backupable instance before doing #backup(), #commit() or #rollback(). * * The managed data structure (passed as the first argument to the template) * besides requirements mentioned in Shareable, must also provide a comparison * operation (|bool operator== (const D &that) const|). * * @param D data structure to manage * @param Extra extra class the template instantiation will be publicly * derived from (by default, a dummy empty class) */ template class Backupable : public Shareable { public: /** * Creates a new instance with both managed data and its backup copy * set to |NULL|. */ Backupable() : mBackupData (NULL) {} /** * Calls #rollback() and then calls Shareable::setNull(). */ virtual void setNull() { rollback(); Shareable::setNull(); } /** * Stores the current data pointer in the backup area and allocates a new * data using the copy constructor. The new data becomes the active one * (returned by #data() and #operator->()). * The method does nothing if the managed data is already backed up. * @note The managed data pointer must not be |NULL|, otherwise this method * will fail. */ void backup() { if (!mBackupData) { AssertMsgReturn (this->mData, ("Managed data must not be NULL\n"), (void) 0); Data data = new Data (*this->mData); AssertReturn (data != NULL, (void) 0); mBackupData = this->mData; mBackupData->addRef(); setData (data); } } /** * Dereferences the new data allocated by #backup() and restores the * previous data pointer from the backup area, making it active again. * If this instance is the last (the only) one that refers to the new data, * this data will be deallocated (deleted). * @note The managed data must be backed up, otherwise this method will fail. */ void rollback() { AssertMsgReturn (this->mData, ("Managed data must not be NULL\n"), (void) 0); AssertMsgReturn (mBackupData, ("Backed up data must not be NULL\n"), (void) 0); setData (mBackupData); mBackupData->release(); mBackupData = NULL; } /** * Dereferences the data backed up by #backup() (see #setNull()) keeping * the new data active. * If this instance is the last (the only) one that refers to the backed up * data, this data will be deallocated (deleted). * @note The managed data must be backed up, otherwise this method will fail. */ void commit() { AssertMsgReturn (this->mData, ("Managed data must not be NULL\n"), (void) 0); AssertMsgReturn (mBackupData, ("Backed up data must not be NULL\n"), (void) 0); mBackupData->release(); mBackupData = NULL; } /** Returns |true| if the managed data is currently backed up. */ bool isBackedUp() const { return mBackupData != NULL; } /** * Returns |true| if the managed data is currently backed up and the backed * up copy differs from the current data. The comparison is done using * the comparison operator provided by the managed data structure. * @note |false| is returned if the data is not currently backed up. */ bool hasActualChanges() const { AssertMsgReturn (this->mData, ("Managed data must not be NULL"), false); return mBackupData != NULL && !(this->mData->D::operator== (*mBackupData)); } /** * Returns a pointer to the backed up copy of the managed data structure * (|NULL| when #isBackedUp() returns |false|). */ const D *backupData() const { return mBackupData; } protected: typedef Shareable::Data Data; private: Data *mBackupData; }; } // namespace util #endif // ____H_SHAREABLE