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//      Copyright (c) 1996-2007 Emergent Game Technologies.
//      All Rights Reserved.
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// Emergent Game Technologies, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517
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#ifndef NIREFOBJECT_H
#define NIREFOBJECT_H

#include "NiMainLibType.h"
#include <NiMemObject.h>

// NiRefObject provides the reference counting functionality needed for use
// of Gamebryo smart pointers. A class derived from NiRefObject can be used
// with the template class NiPointer.

class NIMAIN_ENTRY NiRefObject: public NiMemObject
{
public:
    NiRefObject();
    virtual ~NiRefObject();
    void IncRefCount();
    void DecRefCount();
    unsigned int GetRefCount() const;
    static unsigned int GetTotalObjectCount();
protected:
    virtual void DeleteThis();
private:
    unsigned int m_uiRefCount;
    static unsigned int ms_uiObjects;
};

#include "NiRefObject.inl"

#endif // NIREFOBJECT_H