vtkSmartPyObject.h

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/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkSmartPyObject.h

  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
  All rights reserved.
  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.

     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.

=========================================================================*/

#ifndef _vtkSmartPyObject_h
#define _vtkSmartPyObject_h

// this must be included first
#include "vtkPython.h" // PyObject can't be forward declared

#include "vtkWrappingPythonCoreModule.h"

class VTKWRAPPINGPYTHONCORE_EXPORT vtkSmartPyObject {
public:
  vtkSmartPyObject(PyObject *obj = NULL);
  vtkSmartPyObject(const vtkSmartPyObject &other);
  ~vtkSmartPyObject();

  vtkSmartPyObject& operator=(const vtkSmartPyObject &other);
  vtkSmartPyObject& operator=(PyObject *obj);
  void TakeReference(PyObject* obj);

  PyObject *operator->() const;
  operator PyObject*() const;

  operator bool() const;


  PyObject* ReleaseReference();
  PyObject *GetPointer() const;

  PyObject* GetAndIncreaseReferenceCount();
private:
  PyObject *Object;
};

#endif