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#ifndef INCLUDED_BRIDGES_SOURCE_CPP_UNO_SHARED_GUARDEDARRAY_HXX
#define INCLUDED_BRIDGES_SOURCE_CPP_UNO_SHARED_GUARDEDARRAY_HXX

namespace bridges { namespace cpp_uno { namespace shared {

template< typename T > class GuardedArray {
public:
    explicit GuardedArray(T * thePointer): pointer(thePointer) {}

    ~GuardedArray() { delete[] pointer; }

    T * get() const { return pointer; }

    T * release() { T * p = pointer; pointer = 0; return p; }

private:
    GuardedArray(GuardedArray &); // not implemented
    void operator =(GuardedArray); // not implemented

    T * pointer;
};

} } }

#endif