IRefCounted.h

// Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Raynaldo (Wildicv) Rivera, Joshua (Dark_Kilauea) Jones
// This file is part of the "cAudio Engine"
// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in cAudio.h

#ifndef IREFCOUNTED_H
#define IREFCOUNTED_H

namespace cAudio
{
        class IRefCounted
        {
        public:
                IRefCounted() : RefCount(1) { }
                virtual ~IRefCounted() { }

                void grab()
                {
                        ++RefCount; 
                }

                bool drop()
                {
                        --RefCount;
                        if (RefCount < 1)
                        {
                                delete this;
                                return true;
                        }
                        return false;
                }

                int getReferenceCount() const
                {
                        return RefCount;
                }

        private:
                int RefCount;
        };      
}
#endif