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+// Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. |
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be |
+// found in the LICENSE file. |
+ |
+#ifndef BASE_MESSAGE_LOOP_HELPERS_H_ |
+#define BASE_MESSAGE_LOOP_HELPERS_H_ |
+#pragma once |
+ |
+#include "base/basictypes.h" |
+ |
+namespace tracked_objects { |
+class Location; |
+} |
+ |
+namespace base { |
+ |
+namespace subtle { |
+template <class T, class R> class DeleteHelperInternal; |
+} |
+ |
+// This is a template helper which uses a function indirection to erase T from |
+// the function signature while still remembering it so we can call the correct |
+// destructor. We use this trick so we don't need to include bind.h in a |
+// header file. We also embed the function in a class to make it easier for |
+// users of DeleteSoon to declare the helper as a friend. |
+template <class T> |
+class DeleteHelper { |
+ private: |
+ // TODO(dcheng): Move the return type back to a function template parameter. |
+ template <class T2, class R> friend class subtle::DeleteHelperInternal; |
+ |
+ static void DoDelete(const void* object) { |
+ delete reinterpret_cast<const T*>(object); |
+ } |
+ |
+ DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DeleteHelper); |
+}; |
+ |
+namespace subtle { |
+ |
+// An internal MessageLoop-like class helper for DeleteHelper. We don't want to |
+// expose DoDelete directly since the void* argument makes it possible to pass |
+// an object of the wrong type to delete. Instead, we force callers to go |
+// through DeleteHelperInternal for type safety. MessageLoop-like classes which |
+// expose a DeleteSoon method should friend this class and implement a |
+// DeleteSoonInternal method with the following signature: |
+// bool(const tracked_objects::Location&, |
+// void(*deleter)(const void*), |
+// void* object) |
+// An implementation of DeleteSoonInternal should simply create a base::Closure |
+// from (deleter, object) and return the result of posting the task. |
+template <class T, class ReturnType> |
+class DeleteHelperInternal { |
+ public: |
+ template <class MessageLoopType> |
+ static ReturnType DeleteOnMessageLoop( |
+ MessageLoopType* message_loop, |
+ const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, |
+ const T* object) { |
+ return message_loop->DeleteSoonInternal(from_here, |
+ &DeleteHelper<T>::DoDelete, |
+ object); |
+ } |
+ |
+ private: |
+ DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DeleteHelperInternal); |
+}; |
+ |
+} // namespace subtle |
+ |
+} // namespace base |
+ |
+#endif // BASE_MESSAGE_LOOP_HELPERS_H_ |