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BasicHandle.h

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#ifndef DataFormats_Common_BasicHandle_h
#define DataFormats_Common_BasicHandle_h

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------
  
Handle: Non-owning "smart pointer" for reference to EDProducts and
their Provenances.

This is a very preliminary version, and lacks safety features and
elegance.

If the pointed-to EDProduct or Provenance is destroyed, use of the
Handle becomes undefined. There is no way to query the Handle to
discover if this has happened.

Handles can have:
  -- Product and Provenance pointers both null;
  -- Both pointers valid

To check validity, one can use the isValid() function.

If failedToGet() returns true then the requested data is not available
If failedToGet() returns false but isValid() is also false then no attempt 
  to get data has occurred

$Id: BasicHandle.h,v 1.7 2007/10/05 21:55:05 chrjones Exp $

----------------------------------------------------------------------*/

#include "DataFormats/Provenance/interface/Provenance.h"
#include "DataFormats/Provenance/interface/ProductID.h"
#include "FWCore/Utilities/interface/Exception.h"
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

namespace edm {
  class EDProduct;
  class BasicHandle {
  public:
    BasicHandle() :
      wrap_(0),
      prov_(0) {}

    BasicHandle(BasicHandle const& h) :
      wrap_(h.wrap_),
      prov_(h.prov_),
      whyFailed_(h.whyFailed_){}

    BasicHandle(EDProduct const* prod, Provenance const* prov) :
      wrap_(prod), prov_(prov) {
    }

    BasicHandle(const boost::shared_ptr<cms::Exception>& iWhyFailed):
    wrap_(0),
    prov_(0),
    whyFailed_(iWhyFailed) {}
    
    ~BasicHandle() {}

    void swap(BasicHandle& other) {
      using std::swap;
      std::swap(wrap_, other.wrap_);
      std::swap(prov_, other.prov_);
      swap(whyFailed_,other.whyFailed_);
    }

    
    BasicHandle& operator=(BasicHandle const& rhs) {
      BasicHandle temp(rhs);
      this->swap(temp);
      return *this;
    }

    bool isValid() const {
      return wrap_ && prov_;
    }

    bool failedToGet() const {
      return 0 != whyFailed_.get();
    }
    
    EDProduct const* wrapper() const {
      return wrap_;
    }

    Provenance const* provenance() const {
      return prov_;
    }

    ProductID id() const {
      if (!prov_) {
        return ProductID();
      }
      return prov_->productID();
    }

    boost::shared_ptr<cms::Exception> whyFailed() const {
      return whyFailed_;
    }
  private:
    EDProduct const* wrap_;
    Provenance const* prov_;
    boost::shared_ptr<cms::Exception> whyFailed_;
  };

  // Free swap function
  inline
  void
  swap(BasicHandle& a, BasicHandle& b) {
    a.swap(b);
  }
}

#endif

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