webrtc/rtc_base/memory/always_valid_pointer.h
Jonas Oreland 66eb789b41 Add class for pointer or owned object.
To be used as part of field trial conversion effort.

Bug: webrtc:10335
Change-Id: Iaeff520d5a83331926ead945c9e414716e61cac8
Reviewed-on: https://webrtc-review.googlesource.com/c/src/+/256013
Reviewed-by: Niels Moller <nisse@webrtc.org>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Gunnarsson <tommi@webrtc.org>
Reviewed-by: Harald Alvestrand <hta@webrtc.org>
Commit-Queue: Jonas Oreland <jonaso@webrtc.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#36259}
2022-03-18 15:24:57 +00:00

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/*
* Copyright 2022 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
* that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
* tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
* in the file PATENTS. All contributing project authors may
* be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
*/
#ifndef RTC_BASE_MEMORY_ALWAYS_VALID_POINTER_H_
#define RTC_BASE_MEMORY_ALWAYS_VALID_POINTER_H_
#include <memory>
namespace webrtc {
// This template allows the instantiation of a pointer to Interface in such a
// way that if it is passed a null pointer, an object of class Default will be
// created, which will be deallocated when the pointer is deleted.
template <typename Interface, typename Default>
class AlwaysValidPointer {
public:
explicit AlwaysValidPointer(Interface* pointer)
: owned_instance_(pointer ? nullptr : std::make_unique<Default>()),
pointer_(pointer ? pointer : owned_instance_.get()) {
RTC_DCHECK(pointer_);
}
Interface* get() { return pointer_; }
Interface* operator->() { return pointer_; }
Interface& operator*() { return *pointer_; }
private:
const std::unique_ptr<Interface> owned_instance_;
Interface* const pointer_;
};
} // namespace webrtc
#endif // RTC_BASE_MEMORY_ALWAYS_VALID_POINTER_H_