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+/*
+ * ***** BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+ *
+ * This program 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 Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is Copyright (C) 2010 Blender Foundation.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is: all of this file.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s): none yet.
+ *
+ * ***** END GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+ */
+
+#ifndef __FREESTYLE_BASE_OBJECT_H__
+#define __FREESTYLE_BASE_OBJECT_H__
+
+/** \file blender/freestyle/intern/system/BaseObject.h
+ *  \ingroup freestyle
+ *  \brief Base Class for most shared objects (Node, Rep). Defines the addRef, release system.
+ *  \brief Inspired by COM IUnknown system.
+ *  \author Stephane Grabli
+ *  \date 06/02/2002
+ */
+
+#include "FreestyleConfig.h"
+
+class LIB_SYSTEM_EXPORT BaseObject
+{
+public:
+	inline BaseObject()
+	{
+		_ref_counter = 0;
+	}
+
+	virtual ~BaseObject() {}
+
+	/*! At least makes a release on this.
+	 *  The BaseObject::destroy method must be explicitely called at the end of any overloaded destroy
+	 */
+	virtual int destroy()
+	{
+		return release();
+	}
+
+	/*! Increments the reference counter */
+	inline int addRef()
+	{
+		return ++_ref_counter;
+	}
+
+	/*! Decrements the reference counter */
+	inline int release()
+	{
+		if (_ref_counter)
+			_ref_counter--;
+		return _ref_counter;
+	}
+
+private:
+	unsigned _ref_counter;
+};
+
+#endif // __FREESTYLE_BASE_OBJECT_H__