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+/** @file
+ * IPRT - C++ Utilities (useful templates, defines and such).
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2011 Oracle Corporation
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
+ * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
+ * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
+ * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ___iprt_cpputils_h
+#define ___iprt_cpputils_h
+
+/** @defgroup grp_rt_cpp        IPRT C++ APIs */
+
+/** @defgroup grp_rt_cpp_util   C++ Utilities
+ * @ingroup grp_rt_cpp
+ * @{
+ */
+
+#define DPTR(CLASS) CLASS##Private *d = static_cast<CLASS##Private *>(d_ptr)
+#define QPTR(CLASS) CLASS *q = static_cast<CLASS *>(q_ptr)
+
+/**
+ * A simple class used to prevent copying and assignment.
+ *
+ * Inherit from this class in order to prevent automatic generation
+ * of the copy constructor and assignment operator in your class.
+ *
+ * @addtogroup grp_rt_cpp_util
+ */
+class RTCNonCopyable
+{
+protected:
+    RTCNonCopyable() {}
+    ~RTCNonCopyable() {}
+private:
+    RTCNonCopyable(RTCNonCopyable const &);
+    RTCNonCopyable const &operator=(RTCNonCopyable const &);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Shortcut to |const_cast<C &>()| that automatically derives the correct
+ * type (class) for the const_cast template's argument from its own argument.
+ *
+ * Can be used to temporarily cancel the |const| modifier on the left-hand side
+ * of assignment expressions, like this:
+ * @code
+ *      const Class That;
+ *      ...
+ *      unconst(That) = SomeValue;
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @todo What to do about the prefix here?
+ */
+template <class C>
+inline C &unconst(const C &that)
+{
+    return const_cast<C &>(that);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Shortcut to |const_cast<C *>()| that automatically derives the correct
+ * type (class) for the const_cast template's argument from its own argument.
+ *
+ * Can be used to temporarily cancel the |const| modifier on the left-hand side
+ * of assignment expressions, like this:
+ * @code
+ *      const Class *pThat;
+ *      ...
+ *      unconst(pThat) = SomeValue;
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @todo What to do about the prefix here?
+ */
+template <class C>
+inline C *unconst(const C *that)
+{
+    return const_cast<C *>(that);
+}
+
+/** @} */
+
+#endif
+