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All contributing project authors may * be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree. */ #ifndef RTC_BASE_WEAK_PTR_H_ #define RTC_BASE_WEAK_PTR_H_ #include #include #include "api/scoped_refptr.h" #include "rtc_base/ref_count.h" #include "rtc_base/ref_counted_object.h" #include "rtc_base/synchronization/sequence_checker.h" // The implementation is borrowed from chromium except that it does not // implement SupportsWeakPtr. // Weak pointers are pointers to an object that do not affect its lifetime, // and which may be invalidated (i.e. reset to nullptr) by the object, or its // owner, at any time, most commonly when the object is about to be deleted. // Weak pointers are useful when an object needs to be accessed safely by one // or more objects other than its owner, and those callers can cope with the // object vanishing and e.g. tasks posted to it being silently dropped. // Reference-counting such an object would complicate the ownership graph and // make it harder to reason about the object's lifetime. // EXAMPLE: // // class Controller { // public: // Controller() : weak_factory_(this) {} // void SpawnWorker() { Worker::StartNew(weak_factory_.GetWeakPtr()); } // void WorkComplete(const Result& result) { ... } // private: // // Member variables should appear before the WeakPtrFactory, to ensure // // that any WeakPtrs to Controller are invalidated before its members // // variable's destructors are executed, rendering them invalid. // WeakPtrFactory weak_factory_; // }; // // class Worker { // public: // static void StartNew(const WeakPtr& controller) { // Worker* worker = new Worker(controller); // // Kick off asynchronous processing... // } // private: // Worker(const WeakPtr& controller) // : controller_(controller) {} // void DidCompleteAsynchronousProcessing(const Result& result) { // if (controller_) // controller_->WorkComplete(result); // } // WeakPtr controller_; // }; // // With this implementation a caller may use SpawnWorker() to dispatch multiple // Workers and subsequently delete the Controller, without waiting for all // Workers to have completed. // ------------------------- IMPORTANT: Thread-safety ------------------------- // Weak pointers may be passed safely between threads, but must always be // dereferenced and invalidated on the same TaskQueue or thread, otherwise // checking the pointer would be racey. // // To ensure correct use, the first time a WeakPtr issued by a WeakPtrFactory // is dereferenced, the factory and its WeakPtrs become bound to the calling // TaskQueue/thread, and cannot be dereferenced or // invalidated on any other TaskQueue/thread. Bound WeakPtrs can still be handed // off to other TaskQueues, e.g. to use to post tasks back to object on the // bound sequence. // // Thus, at least one WeakPtr object must exist and have been dereferenced on // the correct thread to enforce that other WeakPtr objects will enforce they // are used on the desired thread. namespace rtc { namespace internal { class WeakReference { public: // Although Flag is bound to a specific sequence, it may be // deleted from another via base::WeakPtr::~WeakPtr(). class Flag : public RefCountInterface { public: Flag(); void Invalidate(); bool IsValid() const; private: friend class RefCountedObject; ~Flag() override; ::webrtc::SequenceChecker checker_; bool is_valid_; }; WeakReference(); explicit WeakReference(const Flag* flag); ~WeakReference(); WeakReference(WeakReference&& other); WeakReference(const WeakReference& other); WeakReference& operator=(WeakReference&& other) = default; WeakReference& operator=(const WeakReference& other) = default; bool is_valid() const; private: scoped_refptr flag_; }; class WeakReferenceOwner { public: WeakReferenceOwner(); ~WeakReferenceOwner(); WeakReference GetRef() const; bool HasRefs() const { return flag_.get() && !flag_->HasOneRef(); } void Invalidate(); private: mutable scoped_refptr> flag_; }; // This class simplifies the implementation of WeakPtr's type conversion // constructor by avoiding the need for a public accessor for ref_. A // WeakPtr cannot access the private members of WeakPtr, so this // base class gives us a way to access ref_ in a protected fashion. class WeakPtrBase { public: WeakPtrBase(); ~WeakPtrBase(); WeakPtrBase(const WeakPtrBase& other) = default; WeakPtrBase(WeakPtrBase&& other) = default; WeakPtrBase& operator=(const WeakPtrBase& other) = default; WeakPtrBase& operator=(WeakPtrBase&& other) = default; protected: explicit WeakPtrBase(const WeakReference& ref); WeakReference ref_; }; } // namespace internal template class WeakPtrFactory; template class WeakPtr : public internal::WeakPtrBase { public: WeakPtr() : ptr_(nullptr) {} // Allow conversion from U to T provided U "is a" T. Note that this // is separate from the (implicit) copy and move constructors. template WeakPtr(const WeakPtr& other) : internal::WeakPtrBase(other), ptr_(other.ptr_) {} template WeakPtr(WeakPtr&& other) : internal::WeakPtrBase(std::move(other)), ptr_(other.ptr_) {} T* get() const { return ref_.is_valid() ? ptr_ : nullptr; } T& operator*() const { RTC_DCHECK(get() != nullptr); return *get(); } T* operator->() const { RTC_DCHECK(get() != nullptr); return get(); } void reset() { ref_ = internal::WeakReference(); ptr_ = nullptr; } // Allow conditionals to test validity, e.g. if (weak_ptr) {...}; explicit operator bool() const { return get() != nullptr; } private: template friend class WeakPtr; friend class WeakPtrFactory; WeakPtr(const internal::WeakReference& ref, T* ptr) : internal::WeakPtrBase(ref), ptr_(ptr) {} // This pointer is only valid when ref_.is_valid() is true. Otherwise, its // value is undefined (as opposed to nullptr). T* ptr_; }; // Allow callers to compare WeakPtrs against nullptr to test validity. template bool operator!=(const WeakPtr& weak_ptr, std::nullptr_t) { return !(weak_ptr == nullptr); } template bool operator!=(std::nullptr_t, const WeakPtr& weak_ptr) { return weak_ptr != nullptr; } template bool operator==(const WeakPtr& weak_ptr, std::nullptr_t) { return weak_ptr.get() == nullptr; } template bool operator==(std::nullptr_t, const WeakPtr& weak_ptr) { return weak_ptr == nullptr; } // A class may be composed of a WeakPtrFactory and thereby // control how it exposes weak pointers to itself. This is helpful if you only // need weak pointers within the implementation of a class. This class is also // useful when working with primitive types. For example, you could have a // WeakPtrFactory that is used to pass around a weak reference to a bool. // Note that GetWeakPtr must be called on one and only one TaskQueue or thread // and the WeakPtr must only be dereferenced and invalidated on that same // TaskQueue/thread. A WeakPtr instance can be copied and posted to other // sequences though as long as it is not dereferenced (WeakPtr::get()). template class WeakPtrFactory { public: explicit WeakPtrFactory(T* ptr) : ptr_(ptr) {} ~WeakPtrFactory() { ptr_ = nullptr; } WeakPtr GetWeakPtr() { RTC_DCHECK(ptr_); return WeakPtr(weak_reference_owner_.GetRef(), ptr_); } // Call this method to invalidate all existing weak pointers. void InvalidateWeakPtrs() { RTC_DCHECK(ptr_); weak_reference_owner_.Invalidate(); } // Call this method to determine if any weak pointers exist. bool HasWeakPtrs() const { RTC_DCHECK(ptr_); return weak_reference_owner_.HasRefs(); } private: internal::WeakReferenceOwner weak_reference_owner_; T* ptr_; RTC_DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(WeakPtrFactory); }; } // namespace rtc #endif // RTC_BASE_WEAK_PTR_H_