Re: Force creation of objects with new operator
Urs Thuermann Wrote:
I have a class where I want objects to commit suicide by calling
delete this;
Therefore, I want to be sure that all objects are created only using
the new operator. I am thinking about making the constructor and
destructor private and adding a class function to call the constructor
like this:
class Foo
{
public:
static Foo *create(int foo) {
return new Foo(foo);
}
void destroy_yourself_when_done() {
delete this;
}
private:
Foo(int foo) { ... }
~Foo() { ... }
};
void user()
{
Foo *f = Foo::create(0);
// do something with f
f->destroy_yourself_when_done();
}
In the real code, the function destroy_yourself_when_done() is of
course more complex and commits suicide only when conditions are
met that the object is no longer needed.
Is this considered a clean approach? Are there better ways?
For your goal of requiring dynamic allocation, it is sufficient to make the
destructor non-public. In all other ways of creating an object, the compiler
needs access to the destructor in the same scope as where the construction
takes place. With a non-public destructor, that access is not allowed, so
the compiler must reject the code.
urs
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