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+/*
+ * QEMU Object Model.
+ *
+ * Based on ideas by Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2. See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ * QObject Reference Counts
+ * ------------------------
+ *
+ * The concept of reference counting used here is the same of Python, ie,
+ * 'ownership of references'.
+ *
+ * Basic terminology:
+ *
+ * - Owning a reference: means being responsible for calling qobject_decref()
+ * when the reference is no longer needed
+ *
+ * - New reference: means that the caller is now the owner of a reference,
+ * for example, if you call a function that returns a 'new reference' you
+ * must call qobject_decref() when you are done
+ *
+ * - Borrowing a reference: nothing needs to be done, you are not the
+ * owner of the reference
+ *
+ * - Stealing a reference: when you pass a reference to a function that
+ * "steals a reference' this function assumes that it now owns that
+ * reference
+ */
+#ifndef QOBJECT_H
+#define QOBJECT_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+typedef enum {
+ QTYPE_NONE,
+} qtype_code;
+
+struct QObject;
+
+typedef struct QType {
+ qtype_code code;
+ void (*destroy)(struct QObject *);
+} QType;
+
+typedef struct QObject {
+ const QType *type;
+ size_t refcnt;
+} QObject;
+
+// Get the QObject part of a type
+#define QOBJECT(obj) (&obj->base)
+
+/**
+ * qobject_init(): Initialize a QObject to default values
+ */
+static inline void qobject_init(QObject *obj, const QType *type)
+{
+ obj->refcnt = 1;
+ obj->type = type;
+}
+
+/**
+ * qobject_incref(): Increment QObject's reference count
+ */
+static inline void qobject_incref(QObject *obj)
+{
+ obj->refcnt++;
+}
+
+/**
+ * qobject_decref(): Decrement QObject's reference count, deallocate
+ * when it reaches zero
+ */
+static inline void qobject_decref(QObject *obj)
+{
+ if (--obj->refcnt == 0)
+ obj->type->destroy(obj);
+}
+
+/**
+ * qobject_type(): Return the QObject's type
+ */
+static inline qtype_code qobject_type(const QObject *obj)
+{
+ return obj->type->code;
+}
+
+#endif /* QOBJECT_H */
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