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+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005-2008 by the FIFE team                              *
+ *   http://www.fifengine.de                                               *
+ *   This file is part of FIFE.                                            *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   FIFE is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify          *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   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         *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
+ *   51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA              *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef FIFE_CLASS_H
+#define FIFE_CLASS_H
+
+// Standard C++ library includes
+#include <cassert>
+
+// 3rd party library includes
+
+// FIFE includes
+// These includes are split up in two parts, separated by one empty line
+// First block: files included from the FIFE root src directory
+// Second block: files included from the same folder
+#include "util/resource/resource.h"
+
+namespace FIFE {
+
+	typedef unsigned int fifeid_t;
+
+	/** Base class for all fife classes
+	 * Used e.g. to track instances over swig conversion
+	 */
+	class FifeClass: public virtual IReferenceCounted {
+	public:
+		FifeClass(): m_fifeid(m_curid++), m_refcount(0) { }
+		
+		virtual ~FifeClass() { assert(m_refcount == 0); }
+		
+		/** Gets unique id of this instance inside the engine
+		 */
+		fifeid_t getFifeId() { return m_fifeid; }
+		
+		/** Calling this method marks resource be used by some resource client.
+		 *  It adds one to resource counter that is kept up by the resource itself.
+		 *  When resource is about to be deleted (e.g. due to pooling algorithms), 
+		 *  reference counter is inspected. In case value is non-zero, resource 
+		 *  shouldn't be deleted.
+		 */
+		virtual void addRef() { m_refcount++; };
+
+		/** Calling this method unmarks resource be used by a resource client.
+		 *  @see addRef
+		 */
+		virtual void decRef() { m_refcount--; };
+
+		/** Gets the current reference count
+		 *  @see addRef
+		 */
+		virtual unsigned int getRefCount() { return m_refcount; };
+		
+	private:
+		fifeid_t m_fifeid;
+		static fifeid_t m_curid;
+		unsigned int m_refcount;
+	};
+}
+
+#endif