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+/**
+ * @file RefCounted.h
+ * Declares the RefCounted class.
+ * @ingroup generic-util
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Joel Baxter
+ *
+ * This file is part of MeshTex.
+ *
+ * MeshTex 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.
+ *
+ * MeshTex 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 MeshTex. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#if !defined(INCLUDED_REFCOUNTED_H)
+#define INCLUDED_REFCOUNTED_H
+
+/**
+ * A mixin for maintaining a reference count associated with an object, and
+ * destroying that object when the count falls to zero. Since this class
+ * implements the IncRef and DecRef interfaces used by the Radiant
+ * SmartPointer and SmartReference templates, those templates can
+ * automatically handle the reference counting for classes that inherit from
+ * RefCounted.
+ *
+ * @ingroup generic-util
+ */
+class RefCounted
+{
+public: // public methods
+
+ /// @name Lifecycle
+ //@{
+ RefCounted();
+ virtual ~RefCounted();
+ //@}
+ /// @name Reference counting
+ //@{
+ void IncRef();
+ void DecRef();
+ //@}
+
+private: // private member vars
+
+ /**
+ * Reference count.
+ */
+ int _refCount;
+};
+
+#endif // #if !defined(INCLUDED_REFCOUNTED_H)
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