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SmartObject Class (Objective-C like Memory Management) for C++ (A substitute for Smart Pointer maybe?)

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This article explains Objective-C like C++ memory management class, SmartObject.
/*! 
@file epCriticalSectionEx.h
@author Woong Gyu La a.k.a Chris. <juhgiyo@gmail.com>
		original implementation is from <http://github.com/juhgiyo/eplibrary>
@date April 16, 2011
@brief CriticalSectionEx Interface
@version 2.0

@section LICENSE

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2008-2013 Woong Gyu La <juhgiyo@gmail.com>

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@section DESCRIPTION

An Interface for CriticalSectionEx Class.

*/
#ifndef __CRITICAL_SECTION_EX_H__
#define __CRITICAL_SECTION_EX_H__
#include "BaseLock.h"

/*! 
@class CriticalSectionEx CriticalSectionEx.h
@brief A class that handles the CriticalSectionEx functionality.
*/
class CriticalSectionEx :public BaseLock
{
public:
	/*!
	Default Constructor

	Initializes the lock
	*/
	CriticalSectionEx();

	/*!
	Default Copy Constructor

	Initializes the CriticalSectionEx
	@param[in] b the second object
	*/
	CriticalSectionEx(const CriticalSectionEx& b);

	/*!
	Default Destructor

	Deletes the lock
	*/
	virtual ~CriticalSectionEx();

	/*!	
	Assignment operator overloading
	@param[in] b the second object
	@return the new copied object
	*/
	CriticalSectionEx & operator=(const CriticalSectionEx&b)
	{
		return *this;
	}

	/*!
	Locks the Critical Section
	@return true if locked, false otherwise
	*/
	virtual bool Lock();

	/*!
	Try to Lock the Critical Section

	If other thread is already in the Critical Section, it just returns false and continue, otherwise obtain the Critical Section.
	@return true if the lock is succeeded, otherwise false.
	*/
	virtual long TryLock();

	/*!
	Locks the Critical Section

	if other thread is already in the Critical Section,
	and if it fails to lock in given time, it returns false, otherwise lock and return true.
	@param[in] dwMilliSecond the wait time.
	@return true if the lock is succeeded, otherwise false.
	*/
	virtual long TryLockFor(const unsigned int dwMilliSecond);

	/*!
	Leave the Critical Section

	The Lock and Unlock has to be matched for each Critical Section.
	*/
	virtual void Unlock();

private:
	/// the actual lock member.
	CRITICAL_SECTION m_criticalSection;
	/// lock counter
	int m_lockCounter;
};

#endif //__CRITICAL_SECTION_EX_H__

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Woong Gyu La had been working as a software developer for over 8 years.
His personal interests are improving his personal projects,

EpLibrary (Visual C++ Utility Library)
https://github.com/juhgiyo/EpLibrary[^]

EpOraLibrary (Oracle OCI Wrapper Library for Visual C++)
https://github.com/juhgiyo/EpOraLibrary[^]

EpServerEngine (Visual C++ WinSock Server/Client Engine)
https://github.com/juhgiyo/EpServerEngine[^]

And other projects can be found at
https://github.com/juhgiyo?tab=repositories[^]

Finally, my other articles can be found at
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/juhgiyo#articles[^]

You can contact me at juhgiyo@gmail.com[^]

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