#pragma once

#include <cstddef>


namespace atlas::utils::angelscript {

/**
 * A Mixin class to automatically implement the reference counting mechanism
 * required for the AngelScript interpreter to run the garbage collector
 */
class MixinAsReferenceCount {
public:
    MixinAsReferenceCount();

    /**
     * Called when the object is used in another reference.
     */
    void asAddReference();

    /**
     * Called when the object shall be freed.
     */
    void asRelease();

private:
    /** the reference count of the object.
     * once it reaches zero, this imply object is no longuer used
     * and should be destroyed.
     */
    std::size_t referenceCount;
};

}