r_Ref< T > Class Template Reference

References of type r_Ref in many respects behave like C++ pointers but provide an additional mechanism that guarantees integrity in references to persistent objects. More...

#include <ref.hh>

Public Member Functions
	r_Ref ()
	default constructor
	r_Ref (const r_Ref_Any &)
	constructor for r_Ref_Any objects
	r_Ref (const r_OId &initOId, r_Transaction *ta=NULL)
	constructor for creating a reference with an oid
	r_Ref (const r_Ref< T > &)
	Dereferencing the self object results in loading the object with initOId.
	~r_Ref ()
	destructor deletes referenced object from main memory and database
	operator r_Ref_Any () const
	cast to r_Ref_Any
r_Ref< T > &	operator= (const r_Ref_Any &)
	assignment operator for assigning a r_Ref_Any
r_Ref< T > &	operator= (T *)
	assignment operator for assigning a C pointer
r_Ref< T > &	operator= (const r_Ref< T > &)
	assignment operator for assigning a r_Ref pointer
const T &	operator* () const
	dereference operator (error kinds: r_Error_RefNull, r_Error_RefInvalid)
T &	operator* ()
	dereference operator (error kinds: r_Error_RefNull, r_Error_RefInvalid)
const T *	operator-> () const
	If the memory pointer is zero and the oid is valid, the object is loaded from the server and a reference to the object in memory is returned.
T *	operator-> ()
	operator for dereferencing the reference (error kinds: r_Error_RefNull, r_Error_RefInvalid)
const T *	ptr () const
	If the memory pointer is zero and the oid is valid, the object is loaded from the server and the new memory location is returned.
T *	ptr ()
	method for dereferencing the reference (error kinds: r_Error_RefNull, r_Error_RefInvalid)
int	operator! () const
	If the memory pointer is zero and the oid is valid, the object is loaded from the server and the new memory location is returned.
int	is_null () const
	method for reference validity test
int	operator== (const r_Ref< T > &refR) const
	The method delivers true iff the oid and/or the memory pointer are valid.
int	operator!= (const r_Ref< T > &refR) const
int	operator== (const T *) const
	compares the memory pointer (does not load the object)
int	operator!= (const T *) const
	compares the memory pointer (does not load the object)
void	destroy ()
	delete from main memory
void	delete_object ()
	deletes referenced object from main memory and database
const r_OId &	get_oid () const
	get oid
	r_Ref (T *, r_Transaction *ta=NULL)
	constructor getting memory pointer
	r_Ref (const r_OId &, T *, r_Transaction *ta=NULL)
	constructor getting oid and memory pointer
T *	get_memory_ptr () const
	get memory pointer (without loading the object)
unsigned int	is_oid_valid () const

Protected Attributes
r_Transaction *	ta {NULL}

Detailed Description

template<class T>
class r_Ref< T >

References of type r_Ref in many respects behave like C++ pointers but provide an additional mechanism that guarantees integrity in references to persistent objects.

r_Ref implements a so called smart pointer which behaves like a C++ pointer but can do additional things in time of dereferencing the pointer. In case that no valid memory pointer is available, which means that the object is not present, and an oid is existing, the object belonging to the oid is read from the db and the new memory pointer is given back.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

r_Ref() [1/6]

template<class T >

r_Ref< T >::r_Ref

(

)

default constructor

r_Ref() [2/6]

template<class T >

r_Ref< T >::r_Ref

(

const r_Ref_Any &

)

constructor for r_Ref_Any objects

r_Ref() [3/6]

template<class T >

r_Ref< T >::r_Ref	(	const r_OId &	initOId,
		r_Transaction *	ta = NULL
	)

constructor for creating a reference with an oid

r_Ref() [4/6]

template<class T >

r_Ref< T >::r_Ref

(

const r_Ref< T > &

)

Dereferencing the self object results in loading the object with initOId.

copy constructor

~r_Ref()

template<class T >

r_Ref< T >::~r_Ref

(

)

destructor deletes referenced object from main memory and database

r_Ref() [5/6]

template<class T >

r_Ref< T >::r_Ref	(	T *	,
		r_Transaction *	ta = NULL
	)

constructor getting memory pointer

r_Ref() [6/6]

template<class T >

r_Ref< T >::r_Ref	(	const r_OId &	,
		T *	,
		r_Transaction *	ta = NULL
	)

constructor getting oid and memory pointer

Member Function Documentation

delete_object()

template<class T >

void r_Ref< T >::delete_object

(

)

deletes referenced object from main memory and database

destroy()

template<class T >

void r_Ref< T >::destroy

(

)

delete from main memory

get_memory_ptr()

template<class T >

T * r_Ref< T >::get_memory_ptr

(

)

const

get memory pointer (without loading the object)

get_oid()

template<class T >

const r_OId & r_Ref< T >::get_oid

(

)

const

get oid

is_null()

template<class T >

int r_Ref< T >::is_null

(

)

const

method for reference validity test

is_oid_valid()

template<class T >

unsigned int r_Ref< T >::is_oid_valid

(

)

const

operator r_Ref_Any()

template<class T >

r_Ref< T >::operator r_Ref_Any

(

)

const

cast to r_Ref_Any

operator!()

template<class T >

int r_Ref< T >::operator!

(

)

const

If the memory pointer is zero and the oid is valid, the object is loaded from the server and the new memory location is returned.

operator for validity test

operator!=() [1/2]

template<class T >

int r_Ref< T >::operator!=

(

const r_Ref< T > &

refR

)

const

operator!=() [2/2]

template<class T >

int r_Ref< T >::operator!=

(

const T *

)

const

compares the memory pointer (does not load the object)

operator*() [1/2]

template<class T >

T & r_Ref< T >::operator*

(

)

dereference operator (error kinds: r_Error_RefNull, r_Error_RefInvalid)

operator*() [2/2]

template<class T >

const T & r_Ref< T >::operator*

(

)

const

dereference operator (error kinds: r_Error_RefNull, r_Error_RefInvalid)

operator->() [1/2]

template<class T >

T * r_Ref< T >::operator->

(

)

operator for dereferencing the reference (error kinds: r_Error_RefNull, r_Error_RefInvalid)

operator->() [2/2]

template<class T >

const T * r_Ref< T >::operator->

(

)

const

If the memory pointer is zero and the oid is valid, the object is loaded from the server and a reference to the object in memory is returned.

operator=() [1/3]

template<class T >

r_Ref< T > & r_Ref< T >::operator=

(

const r_Ref< T > &

)

assignment operator for assigning a r_Ref pointer

operator=() [2/3]

template<class T >

r_Ref< T > & r_Ref< T >::operator=

(

const r_Ref_Any &

)

assignment operator for assigning a r_Ref_Any

operator=() [3/3]

template<class T >

r_Ref< T > & r_Ref< T >::operator=

(

T *

)

assignment operator for assigning a C pointer

operator==() [1/2]

template<class T >

int r_Ref< T >::operator==

(

const r_Ref< T > &

refR

)

const

The method delivers true iff the oid and/or the memory pointer are valid.

operator==() [2/2]

template<class T >

int r_Ref< T >::operator==

(

const T *

)

const

compares the memory pointer (does not load the object)

ptr() [1/2]

template<class T >

T * r_Ref< T >::ptr

(

)

method for dereferencing the reference (error kinds: r_Error_RefNull, r_Error_RefInvalid)

ptr() [2/2]

template<class T >

const T * r_Ref< T >::ptr

(

)

const

If the memory pointer is zero and the oid is valid, the object is loaded from the server and the new memory location is returned.

Member Data Documentation

ta

template<class T >

r_Transaction* r_Ref< T >::ta {NULL}

protected

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

• collection.hh
• ref.hh