NonCopyable.h

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/**
 *  \file IMP/base/NonCopyable.h    \brief Basic types used by IMP.
 *
 *  Copyright 2007-2014 IMP Inventors. All rights reserved.
 *
 */

#ifndef IMPBASE_NON_COPYABLE_H
#define IMPBASE_NON_COPYABLE_H

#include <IMP/base/base_config.h>
#include "utility_macros.h"

IMPBASE_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
/** Non-copyable classes cannot be copied, as the name
       implies. If you need
       to do delayed initialization, either use an
       initialize method on them or
       use a boost::scoped_ptr to allocate them on the
       heap.
   */
class NonCopyable {
 protected:
  NonCopyable() {}
};
IMPBASE_END_NAMESPACE

#endif /* IMPBASE_NON_COPYABLE_H */