qprotobuflazymessagepointer.h

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#pragma once //QProtobufLazyMessagePointer
 
#include "qtprotobufglobal.h"
#include <QQmlEngine>
#include <QObject>
 
#include <memory>
#include <type_traits>
 
template <typename T>
class QProtobufLazyMessagePointer {//TODO: final?
public:
    QProtobufLazyMessagePointer(T *p = nullptr) : m_ptr(p) {}
 
    virtual ~QProtobufLazyMessagePointer() {
        checkAndRelease();
        QObject::disconnect(m_destroyed);
    }
 
    typename std::add_lvalue_reference<T>::type operator *() const {
        if (m_ptr == nullptr) {
            m_ptr.reset(new T);
        }
        return *m_ptr;
    }
 
    T *operator->() const noexcept {
        if (m_ptr == nullptr) {
            m_ptr.reset(new T);
        }
        m_ptr.operator->();
    }
 
    T *get() const {
        if (m_ptr == nullptr) {
            m_ptr.reset(new T);
        }
        return m_ptr.get();
    }
 
    bool operator ==(const QProtobufLazyMessagePointer &other) const {
        return (m_ptr == nullptr && other.m_ptr == nullptr)
                || (other.m_ptr == nullptr && *m_ptr == T{})
                || (m_ptr == nullptr && *other.m_ptr == T{})
                || (m_ptr != nullptr && other.m_ptr != nullptr && *m_ptr == *other.m_ptr);
    }
 
    bool operator !=(const QProtobufLazyMessagePointer &other) const {
        return !operator ==(other);
    }
 
    void reset(T *p) const {
        checkAndRelease();
        QObject::disconnect(m_destroyed);
        m_destroyed = QObject::connect(p, &QObject::destroyed, [this] {
            QObject::disconnect(m_destroyed);
            m_ptr.release();
        });
 
        m_ptr.reset(p);
    }
 
    QProtobufLazyMessagePointer(QProtobufLazyMessagePointer &&other) : m_ptr(std::move(other.m_ptr)) {}
    QProtobufLazyMessagePointer &operator =(QProtobufLazyMessagePointer &&other) {
        m_ptr = std::move(other.m_ptr);
    }
 
    explicit operator bool() const noexcept {
        return m_ptr.operator bool();
    }
 
private:
    void checkAndRelease() const {
        if (m_ptr != nullptr && QQmlEngine::objectOwnership(m_ptr.get()) == QQmlEngine::JavaScriptOwnership) {
            m_ptr.release();//In case if object owned by QML it's qml responsibility to clean it up
            QObject::disconnect(m_destroyed);
        }
    }
 
    QProtobufLazyMessagePointer(const QProtobufLazyMessagePointer&) = delete;
    QProtobufLazyMessagePointer &operator =(const QProtobufLazyMessagePointer&) = delete;
    mutable std::unique_ptr<T> m_ptr;
    mutable QMetaObject::Connection m_destroyed;
};