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Co-authored-by: Roland Reichwein <Roland.Reichwein@bmw.de>
Co-authored-by: John Wellbelove <john.wellbelove@etlcpp.com>
Co-authored-by: John Wellbelove <john.wellbelove@etlcpp.co.uk>
2026-06-06 13:12:44 +01:00

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---
title: "Reference Counted Objects"
---
Reference counted objects types.
Defines the following classes.
```cpp
etl::ireference_counter
```
The interface of all reference counters.
---
```cpp
etl::reference_counter<TCounter>
```
A reference counter using TCounter as the counter.
---
```cpp
etl::reference_counter<void>
```
A null reference counter. The reference count always reports as 1.
---
```cpp
etl::ireference_counted_object
```
The interface of all reference counted object types.
---
```cpp
etl::reference_counted_object<typename TObject, typename TCounter>
```
Derived from `etl::ireference_counted_object`
---
```cpp
etl::atomic_counted_object<typename TObject>
```
A template alias of `etl::reference_counted_object<typename TObject, etl::atomic_int32_t>`
## ireference_counter
```cpp
etl::ireference_counter
```
The interface of all reference counters.
```cpp
virtual ~ireference_counter() {};
virtual void set_reference_count(int32_t value) = 0;
virtual void increment_reference_count() = 0;
ETL_NODISCARD virtual int32_t decrement_reference_count() = 0;
ETL_NODISCARD virtual int32_t get_reference_count() const = 0;
```
## reference_counter
```cpp
etl::reference_counter<TCounter>
```
A reference counter that uses type TCounter to count.
---
```cpp
etl::reference_counter<void>
```
A dummy reference counter that always returns a count of 1.
Used for persistent objects.
## ireference_counted_object
```cpp
etl::ireference_counted_object<typename TObject, typename TCounter>
```
The interface of all reference counted object types.
---
```cpp
virtual ~ireference_counted_object()
```
---
```cpp
ETL_NODISCARD virtual etl::ireference_counter& get_reference_counter() = 0;
```
Get a reference to the reference counter.
---
```cpp
ETL_NODISCARD virtual const etl::ireference_counter& get_reference_counter() const = 0;
```
Get a const reference to the reference counter.
## reference_counted_object
```cpp
etl::reference_counted_object<typename TObject, typename TCounter>
```
The implementation of a reference counted object.
---
```cpp
reference_counted_object(const TObject& object)
```
Constructs from an object.
The object is copied.
---
```cpp
reference_counted_object()
```
Constructs from an onject.
The object is default constructed.
---
```cpp
ETL_NODISCARD TObject& get_object() ETL_OVERRIDE
```
Get a reference to the object.
---
```cpp
ETL_NODISCARD const TObject& get_object() const ETL_OVERRIDE
```
Get a const reference to the object.
---
```cpp
ETL_NODISCARD etl::ireference_counter& get_reference_counter() ETL_OVERRIDE
```
Get a reference to the reference counter.
---
```cpp
ETL_NODISCARD const etl::ireference_counter& get_reference_counter() const ETL_OVERRIDE
```
Get a const reference to the reference counter.
## For C++11, with atomic support.
```cpp
template <typename TObject>
using atomic_counted_object = etl::reference_counted_object<TObject, etl::atomic_int32_t>;
```
**Description**
Defines an alias to a reference counted object that uses an atomic.