Lazy.h

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// MuldeR's Utilities for Qt
// Copyright (C) 2004-2017 LoRd_MuldeR <MuldeR2@GMX.de>
//
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#pragma once

//MUtils
#include <MUtils/Global.h>
#include <MUtils/Exception.h>

//Qt
#include <QScopedPointer>
#include <QAtomicPointer>

namespace MUtils
{
    template<typename T> class Lazy
    {
    public:
        T& operator*(void)
        {
            while (!m_data)
            {
                if (T *const initializer = create())
                {
                    if (m_data.testAndSetOrdered(NULL, initializer))
                    {
                        return *initializer;
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    MUTILS_THROW("Initializer function returned NULL!");
                }
            }
            return *m_data;
        }

    protected:
        virtual T *create() = 0;

    private:
        QAtomicPointer<T> m_data;
    };
}