/* Copyright (c) 2002-2012 Croteam Ltd. 
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation


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 SE_INCL_ENTITYPOINTER_H
#define SE_INCL_ENTITYPOINTER_H
#ifdef PRAGMA_ONCE
  #pragma once
#endif

/*
 * Smart pointer to entity objects, does the book-keeping for reference counting.
 */
class CEntityPointer {
public:
  CEntity *ep_pen;  // the pointer itself
public:
  // all standard smart pointer functions are defined as inlines in Entity.h
  // (due to strange order of inclusion needed for events and enums)
  inline CEntityPointer(void);
  inline ~CEntityPointer(void);
  inline CEntityPointer(const CEntityPointer &penOther);
  inline CEntityPointer(CEntity *pen);
  inline const CEntityPointer &operator=(CEntity *pen);
  inline const CEntityPointer &operator=(const CEntityPointer &penOther);
  inline CEntity* operator->(void) const;
  inline operator CEntity*(void) const;
  inline CEntity& operator*(void) const;
};


#endif  /* include-once check. */