/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */ /************************************************************************* * * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. * * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite * * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. * * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * OpenOffice.org 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 Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see * * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. * ************************************************************************/ #ifndef IINTERFACE_HXX_INCLUDED #define IINTERFACE_HXX_INCLUDED #include /** The base interface */ class IInterface { public: /** Aquire a reference to an instance. A caller shall release the instance by calling 'release' when it is no longer needed. 'acquire' and 'release' calls need to be balanced. @returns the current reference count of the instance for debugging purposes. */ virtual sal_Int32 acquire() = 0; /** Releases a reference to an instance. A caller has to call 'release' when a before aquired reference to an instance is no longer needed. 'acquire' and 'release' calls need to be balanced. @returns the current reference count of the instance for debugging purposes. */ virtual sal_Int32 release() = 0; /** Returns the current reference count. This method should be used for debugging purposes. Using it otherwise is a signal of a design flaw. */ virtual sal_Int32 getReferenceCount() const = 0; protected: virtual ~IInterface() {}; }; #endif // IDOCUMENT_HXX_INCLUDED /* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */