HistRef.h

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// @(#)root/roostats:$Id$
// Author: L. Moneta
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#ifndef HISTFACTORY_HISTREF_H
#define HISTFACTORY_HISTREF_H
 
#include <memory>
 
class TH1;
 
namespace RooStats{
namespace HistFactory {
 
 
// Internal class wrapping an histogram and managing its content.
// conveninet for dealing with histogram pointers in the
// HistFactory class
class HistRef {
 
public:
 
 
   /// constructor - use gives away ownerhip of the given pointer
   HistRef(TH1 * h = nullptr) : fHist(h) {}
 
   HistRef( const HistRef& other ) :
   fHist() {
      if (other.fHist) fHist.reset(CopyObject(other.fHist.get()));
   }
 
   HistRef(HistRef&& other) :
   fHist(std::move(other.fHist)) {}
 
   ~HistRef() {}
 
   /// assignment operator (delete previous contained histogram)
   HistRef & operator= (const HistRef & other) {
      if (this == &other) return *this;
 
      fHist.reset(CopyObject(other.fHist.get()));
      return *this;
   }
 
   HistRef& operator=(HistRef&& other) {
     fHist = std::move(other.fHist);
     return *this;
   }
 
   TH1 * GetObject() const { return fHist.get(); }
 
   /// set the object - user gives away the ownerhisp
   void SetObject(TH1 *h)  {
      fHist.reset(h);
   }
 
   /// operator= passing an object pointer :  user gives away its ownerhisp
   void operator= (TH1 * h) { SetObject(h); }
 
   /// Release ownership of object.
   TH1* ReleaseObject() {
     return fHist.release();
   }
 
 
 
private:
   static TH1 * CopyObject(const TH1 * h);
   std::unique_ptr<TH1> fHist;   ///< pointer to contained histogram
};
 
}
}
 
#endif