// Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
//
// This file is part of the thin-provisioning-tools source.
//
// thin-provisioning-tools is free software: you can redistribute it
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//
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#ifndef REF_COUNTER_H
#define REF_COUNTER_H

#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

//----------------------------------------------------------------

namespace persistent_data {
	template <typename ValueType>
	class ref_counter {
	public:
		boost::shared_ptr<ref_counter<ValueType> > ptr;

		virtual ~ref_counter() {}

		virtual void set(ValueType const &v, uint32_t rc) = 0;
		virtual void inc(ValueType const &v) = 0;
		virtual void dec(ValueType const &v) = 0;
	};

	template <typename ValueType>
	class no_op_ref_counter final : public ref_counter<ValueType> {
	public:
		virtual void set(ValueType const &v, uint32_t rc) {}
		virtual void inc(ValueType const &v) {}
		virtual void dec(ValueType const &v) {}
	};
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

#endif