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#ifndef QGUARDEDPTR_H_
#define QGUARDEDPTR_H_

#include "KWQPtrList.h"

class QObject;

class KWQGuardedPtrBase {
public:
    KWQGuardedPtrBase(QObject* = 0);
    
    QObject* pointer() const { return iterator.current(); }
    bool isNull() const { return pointer() == 0; }
    
private:
    QPtrListIterator<QObject> iterator;
};

template <class T> class QGuardedPtr : public KWQGuardedPtrBase {
public:
    QGuardedPtr() { }
    QGuardedPtr(T* p) : KWQGuardedPtrBase(p) { }

    T& operator*() const { return *(T*)pointer(); }
    operator T*() const { return (T*)pointer(); }
    T* operator->() const { return (T*)pointer(); }
};

#endif
