//: C09:Countable.h
// From "Thinking in C++, Volume 2", by Bruce Eckel & Chuck Allison.
// (c) 1995-2004 MindView, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// See source code use permissions stated in the file 'License.txt',
// distributed with the code package available at www.MindView.net.
// A "mixin" class.
#ifndef COUNTABLE_H
#define COUNTABLE_H
#include <cassert>

class Countable {
  long count;
protected:
  Countable() { count = 0; }
  virtual ~Countable() { assert(count == 0); }
public:
  long attach() { return ++count; }
  long detach() {
    return (--count > 0) ? count : (delete this, 0);
  }
  long refCount() const { return count; }
};
#endif // COUNTABLE_H ///:~