// Author: Andrei.Gheata@cern.ch  29/05/2013
// Following proposal by Markus Frank

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#include "TGeoExtension.h"

ClassImp(TGeoExtension)

//______________________________________________________________________________
//   TGeoExtension - ABC for user objects attached to TGeoVolume or TGeoNode.
//                   Provides interface for getting a reference (grab) and
//                   releasing the extension object (release), allowing for 
//                   derived classes to implement reference counted sharing.
//                   The user who should attach extensions to logical volumes
//                   or nodes BEFORE applying misalignment information so that 
//                   these will be available to all copies.
//______________________________________________________________________________

ClassImp(TGeoRCExtension)

//______________________________________________________________________________
//   TGeoRCExtension - Reference counted extension which has a pointer to and 
//                   owns a user defined TObject. This class can be used as 
//                   model for a reference counted derivation from TGeoExtension.
//______________________________________________________________________________

// Note: Creating a TGeoRCExtension with new() automatically grabs it, but the 
// creator has to Release it before the pointer gets out of scope. 
// The following sequence is valid:
//
//   // producer:
//   TGeoRCExtension *ext = new TGeoRCExtension();
//   some_TGeoVolume->SetUserExtension(ext);
//   ext->Release();
//   // user:
//   TGeoRCExtension *ext = dynamic_cast<TGeoRCExtension*>(some_TGeoVolume->GrabUserExtension());
//   // ... use extension
//   ext->Release();
//
// The extension is going to be released by the TGeoVolume holder at the destruction
// or when calling SetUserExtension(0).
//
// The following usage is not correct:
//
//   some_TGeoVolume->SetUserExtension(new TGeoRCExtension())
//
// since the producer code does not release the extension.
// One cannot call directly "delete ext" nor allocate an extension on the stack,
// since the destructor is protected. Use Release instead.