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 * Copyright (C) 2008 Trinity <http://www.trinitycore.org/>
 *
 * Thanks to the original authors: MaNGOS <http://www.mangosproject.org/>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 *
 * 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
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 */

#ifndef _REFMANAGER_H
#define _REFMANAGER_H
//=====================================================

#include "Utilities/LinkedList.h"
#include "Utilities/LinkedReference/Reference.h"

template <class TO, class FROM> class RefManager : public LinkedListHead
{
    public:
        typedef LinkedListHead::Iterator< Reference<TO, FROM> > iterator;
        RefManager() { }
        virtual ~RefManager() { clearReferences(); }

        Reference<TO, FROM>* getFirst() { return ((Reference<TO, FROM>*) LinkedListHead::getFirst()); }
        Reference<TO, FROM>* getLast() { return ((Reference<TO, FROM>*) LinkedListHead::getLast()); }

        iterator begin() { return iterator(getFirst()); }
        iterator end() { return iterator(NULL); }
        iterator rbegin() { return iterator(getLast()); }
        iterator rend() { return iterator(NULL); }

        void clearReferences()
        {
            LinkedListElement* ref;
            while((ref = getFirst()) != NULL)
            {
                ((Reference<TO, FROM>*) ref)->invalidate();
                ref->delink();                              // the delink might be already done by invalidate(), but doing it here again does not hurt and insures an empty list
            }
        }
};

//=====================================================
#endif
