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CopyAndAssign.h

// Copyright (C) 2001 Kevin Duffy <kevin@buhbird.com>
//
// 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA


#ifndef CopyAndAssign_h
#define CopyAndAssign_h


class CopyAndAssign
{
   public:
      CopyAndAssign(){};
      CopyAndAssign(const CopyAndAssign& rhs)
      {
         NullifyPointers();  Copy(rhs);
      };
      virtual CopyAndAssign& operator= (const CopyAndAssign& rhs)
      {
         return (this == &rhs) ? *this : Copy(rhs); 
      };

   protected:
      virtual CopyAndAssign& Copy(const CopyAndAssign& rhs) {return *this;};
      virtual void NullifyPointers() {};
};
#endif

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