sol2/sol/reference.hpp

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// Copyright (c) 2013 Danny Y., Rapptz

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#ifndef SOL_REFERENCE_HPP
#define SOL_REFERENCE_HPP

#include "types.hpp"

namespace sol {
class reference {
private:
    lua_State* L = nullptr; // non-owning
    int ref = LUA_NOREF;

    int copy() const {
        push();
        return luaL_ref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
    }
public:
    constexpr reference() noexcept = default;

    reference(lua_State* L, int index): L(L) {
        lua_pushvalue(L, index);
        ref = luaL_ref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
    }

    virtual ~reference() {
        luaL_unref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, ref);
    }


    void push() const noexcept {
        lua_rawgeti(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, ref);
    }

    reference(reference&& o) noexcept {
        L = o.L;
        ref = o.ref;

        o.L = nullptr;
        o.ref = LUA_NOREF;
    }

    reference& operator=(reference&& o) noexcept {
        L = o.L;
        ref = o.ref;

        o.L = nullptr;
        o.ref = LUA_NOREF;

        return *this;
    }

    reference(const reference& o) noexcept {
        L = o.L;
        ref = o.copy();
    }

    reference& operator=(const reference& o) noexcept {
        L = o.L;
        ref = o.copy();
        return *this;
    }

    type get_type() {
        push();
        int result = lua_type(L, -1);
        lua_pop(L, 1);
        return static_cast<type>(result);
    }

    lua_State* state() const noexcept {
        return L;
    }
};
} // sol

#endif // SOL_REFERENCE_HPP