MUON/mapping/AliMpPadIteratorPtr.h

   1 /* Copyright(c) 1998-1999, ALICE Experiment at CERN, All rights reserved. *
   2  * See cxx source for full Copyright notice                               */
   3
   4 // $Id$
   5 // $MpId: AliMpPadIteratorPtr.h,v 1.7 2006/05/24 13:58:07 ivana Exp $
   6
   7 /// \ingroup basic
   8 /// \class AliMpPadIteratorPtr
   9 /// \brief  A pointer to the virtual pad iterator;
  10 ///
  11 /// It enables to allocate the virtual pad iterator on stack.
  12 /// Usage:                                                                 \n
  13 /// AliMpVIndexed* myIndexed = MyIndexed();                                \n
  14 /// MVIterator& it = *AliMpPadIteratorPtr(myIndexed->CreateIterator());    \n
  15 ///
  16 /// \author David Guez, Ivana Hrivnacova; IPN Orsay
  17
  18 #ifndef ALI_MP_PAD_ITERATOR_PTR_H
  19 #define ALI_MP_PAD_ITERATOR_PTR_H
  20
  21 #include <TObject.h>
  22
  23 class AliMpVPadIterator;
  24
  25 class AliMpPadIteratorPtr : public TObject
  26 {
  27   public:
  28     AliMpPadIteratorPtr(AliMpVPadIterator* it);
  29     virtual ~AliMpPadIteratorPtr();
  30
  31                        /// Operator ->
  32     AliMpVPadIterator* operator->() { return  fIterator; }
  33                        /// Operator *
  34     AliMpVPadIterator& operator*()  { return *fIterator; }
  35
  36   private:
  37     /// Not implemented
  38     AliMpPadIteratorPtr(const AliMpPadIteratorPtr& right);
  39     /// Not implemented
  40     AliMpPadIteratorPtr& operator=(const AliMpPadIteratorPtr& right);
  41         // copy and assignment are disallowed to avoid
  42         // multiple deletion of fIterator
  43
  44     // data members
  45     AliMpVPadIterator*  fIterator; ///< The pad iterator
  46
  47   ClassDef(AliMpPadIteratorPtr,1) // Pointer to abstract pad iterator
  48 };
  49
  50 #endif // ALI_MP_PAD_ITERATOR_PTR_H