RWBasicUString::Deallocator Class Reference

Base class for subclasses that release client-allocated storage. More...

#include <rw/tools/bustring.h>

Inheritance diagram for RWBasicUString::Deallocator:

Public Member Functions
virtual	~Deallocator ()
void	deallocate (RWUChar16 *p)
void	deallocate (RWUChar16 *p) const

Protected Member Functions
	Deallocator ()
virtual void	doDeallocate (RWUChar16 *p)
virtual void	doDeallocate (RWUChar16 *p) const =0

Detailed Description

Deallocator acts as an abstract base class for subclasses that release client-allocated storage.

Deallocator objects are required because RWBasicUString cannot assume that local invocation of methods such as operator delete[] or std::free() manipulate the same heap as that of the client. Such a case might arise if, for instance, an application contains some libraries that use debug versions of heap management routines while others do not.

A Deallocator subclass must override both doDeallocate() methods to avoid the ambiguities produced should the subclass declaration "hide" one of the superclass declarations of these functions.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual RWBasicUString::Deallocator::~Deallocator ( )

virtual

Required for virtual destruction.

RWBasicUString::Deallocator::Deallocator ( )

inlineprotected

Defined only to prevent direct instantiation of this class.

Member Function Documentation

void RWBasicUString::Deallocator::deallocate ( RWUChar16 *  p )

inline

Forwards a deallocation request to a subclass-defined non-const deallocation method.

void RWBasicUString::Deallocator::deallocate ( RWUChar16 *  p ) const

inline

Forwards a deallocation request to a subclass-defined const deallocation method.

virtual void RWBasicUString::Deallocator::doDeallocate ( RWUChar16 *  p )

protectedvirtual

A virtual function that must be implemented in each subclass. A subclass implementation should take whatever actions are required to deallocate the storage identified by p. The default implementation of this function simply forwards to the const version.

Reimplemented in RWBasicUString::StaticDeallocator.

virtual void RWBasicUString::Deallocator::doDeallocate ( RWUChar16 *  p ) const

protectedpure virtual

A pure virtual function that must be implemented in each subclass. A subclass implementation should take whatever actions are required to deallocate the storage identified by p.

Implemented in RWBasicUString::StaticDeallocator.