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+/* weakptr.h - An object which supports weak pointers.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
+ * 
+ * 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ * MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef WEAK_POINTER_H
+#define WEAK_POINTER_H
+
+#include <set>
+/**
+ * Class for objects providing support for weak pointers.
+ *
+ * This class allows for the registration of certain pointers as weak,
+ * which will cause them to be set to NULL when the destructor of the
+ * object is called.
+ */
+class WeakPointable {
+private:
+    std::set<WeakPointable**> pointers;
+
+public:
+
+    /**
+     * Add a new weak pointer.
+     */
+    inline void AddWeakPointer(WeakPointable** weakptr) {
+       pointers.insert(weakptr);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove the weak pointer from the list of weak pointers.
+     */
+    inline void RemoveWeakPointer(WeakPointable **weakptr) {
+       pointers.erase(weakptr);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deconstruct the object, set all weak pointers to NULL.
+     */
+    ~WeakPointable() {
+        std::set<WeakPointable**>::iterator iter = pointers.begin();
+        while (iter != pointers.end())
+            **(iter++) = NULL;
+    }
+};
+
+#endif // WEAK_POINTER_H