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+/*
+ *  The Mana Client
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004-2009  The Mana World Development Team
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009-2010  The Mana Developers
+ *
+ *  This file is part of The Mana Client.
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef RESOURCE_H
+#define RESOURCE_H
+
+#include <ctime>
+#include <string>
+
+/**
+ * A generic reference counted resource object.
+ */
+class Resource
+{
+    friend class ResourceManager;
+
+    public:
+        /**
+         * Constructor
+         */
+        Resource(): mRefCount(0)
+        { }
+
+        /**
+         * Increments the internal reference count.
+         */
+        void incRef();
+
+        /**
+         * Decrements the reference count and deletes the object
+         * if no references are left.
+         *
+         * @return <code>true</code> if the object was deleted
+         *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
+         */
+        void decRef();
+
+        /**
+         * Return the path identifying this resource.
+         */
+        const std::string &getIdPath() const
+        { return mIdPath; }
+
+        /**
+         * Return refCount for this resource.
+         */
+        unsigned getRefCount()
+        { return mRefCount; }
+
+    protected:
+        /**
+         * Destructor.
+         */
+        virtual ~Resource();
+
+    private:
+        std::string mIdPath; /**< Path identifying this resource. */
+        time_t mTimeStamp;   /**< Time at which the resource was orphaned. */
+        unsigned mRefCount;  /**< Reference count. */
+        std::string mName;
+};
+
+#endif