/*
 *  ZThreads, a platform-independant, multithreading and 
 *  synchroniation library
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Eric Crahen, See LGPL.TXT for details
 *
 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
 */

#ifndef __ZTNONCOPYABLE_H__
#define __ZTNONCOPYABLE_H__

namespace ZThread {

/**
 * @class NonCopyable
 * @author Eric Crahen <crahen@cse.buffalo.edu>
 * @date <2002-05-30T08:34:02-0400>
 * @version 2.2.0
 *
 * Some objects kind of objects should not be copied. This is particularly true
 * of objects involved in providing mutually exclusive access to something 
 * (e.g. Mutexes, Queues, Semaphores, etc.)
 *
 * Based on Dave Abrahams contribution to the Boost library.
 */
class NonCopyable {
  
  //! Restrict the copy constructor
  NonCopyable(const NonCopyable&);

  //! Restrict the assignment operator
  const NonCopyable& operator=(const NonCopyable&);

protected:

  //! Create a NonCopyable object
  inline NonCopyable() { }

  //! Destroy a NonCopyable object
  inline ~NonCopyable() { }

}; 

} // namespace ZThread 

#endif // __ZTNONCOPYABLE_H__
