note
   copyright:
      "[
               Copyright (C) 2008-2017: Paolo Redaelli

               This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
               modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
               as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
               the License, or (at your option) any later version.

               This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
               WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
               MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
               Lesser General Public License for more details.

               You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
               License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
               Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
               02110-1301 USA
         ]"
deferred class REFERENCE_COUNTED
   -- A wrapper for a C object whose memory is handled throught
   -- reference counting, i.e. GObject

inherit
   WRAPPER
      undefine from_external_pointer
      end

feature {WRAPPER, WRAPPER_HANDLER}
   ref
         -- Increase the reference count
      deferred
      end

   unref
         -- Decrease the reference count
      deferred
      end

   dispose
         --
      do
         unref
         handle := default_pointer
      end

end -- class REFERENCE_COUNTED