SMART POINTERS

C++ TRAINING
C++ OBJECT LIFETIME
objects created on the stack are destructed when their scope ends
if FOO has a member variable m_bar, m_bar is destructed when FOO is destructed
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STD::SHARED_PTR EXAMPLE 1
void Bar() {
std::shared_ptr<int> spc(new int(5));
Foo(spc); // Both spc and spcParam own the memory while in Foo()
// Now only spc owns the memory

// After Bar completes, spc is destroyed, decrementing the ref count and cleaning up the int itself
}

void Foo(std::shared_ptr<int> spcParam) {
// spcParam is another shared_ptr pointing to the same int. After this function completes, spcParam is destroyed and
// the ref count on the object is decremented.
}
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STD::SHARED_PTR
standardized in C++11 STL, platform-neutral
ref-counted
access members as you normally would, with ->
be careful of circular references! use std::weak_ptr where needed
dangerous to access object outside of std::shared_ptr/std::weak_ptr
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STD::SHARED_PTR EXAMPLE 2
std::shared_ptr<int> spc1(new int(5));
std::weak_ptr<int> wpc1 = spc1; // spc1 owns the memory.
{
std::shared_ptr<int> spc2 = wpc1.lock(); // Now spc1 and spc2 own the memory.
if(spc2) // Always check to see if the memory still exists
{
// Do something with spc2
}
} // spc2 is destroyed. Memory is owned by spc1.
spc1.reset(); // Memory is deleted.
std::shared_ptr<int> spc3 = wpc1.lock(); // Memory is gone, so we get an empty shared_ptr.

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^ (HAT)
handle to a Windows Runtime object that internally implements IInspectable
create such an object using ref new
ref-counted
access members as you normally would, with ->
be careful of circular references! use WeakReference where needed
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^ EXAMPLE
Foo::Foo()
{
m_Page = ref new Page(); // Foo has a reference to m_Page
WeakReference wrf(this); // m_Page will have a reference to this Foo so create a weak reference to this
m_Page->DoubleTapped += ref new Windows::Ui::Xaml::Input:: DoubleTappedEventHandler(
[wrf](Object^ sender, Windows::Ui::Xaml::Input::DoubleTappedRoutedEventArgs^ args)
{
Foo^ foo = wrf.Resolve<Foo>(); // Use the weak reference to get the object
if (foo != nullptr) foo->m_eventFired = true;
else throw ref new Platform::DisconnectedException(); // Inform the event that this handler should be removed from the subscriber list
});
}
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MORE INFO
std::shared_ptr
MSDN how-to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh279669.aspx

C++/CX
Type system reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br212455.aspx
Weak references: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh699859.aspx
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