LUMIERA.clone/src/lib/nocopy.hpp

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/*
NOCOPY.hpp - some flavours of non-copyable entities
Copyright (C) Lumiera.org
2012, Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
This program 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; either version 2 of
the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
#ifndef LIB_NOCOPY_H
#define LIB_NOCOPY_H
#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
namespace util {
/**
* any copy and copy construction prohibited
*/
class no_copy
: boost::noncopyable
{ };
/**
* classes inheriting from this mixin
* may be created by copy-construction,
* but any copy-assignment is prohibited.
* @note especially this allows returning
* by-value from a builder function,
* while prohibiting any further copy
*/
class no_copy_by_client
{
protected:
~no_copy_by_client() {}
no_copy_by_client() {}
no_copy_by_client (no_copy_by_client const&) {}
no_copy_by_client const&
operator=(no_copy_by_client const&) { return *this; }
};
} // namespace util
#endif /*LIB_NOCOPY_H*/