add operator* to uno::Reference

like the other smart pointer types

Change-Id: I3ac1888c84fc1411cdfc3357b005afbb3b7d8bbe
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/65926
Reviewed-by: Noel Grandin <noel.grandin@collabora.co.uk>
Tested-by: Noel Grandin <noel.grandin@collabora.co.uk>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/com/sun/star/uno/Reference.h b/include/com/sun/star/uno/Reference.h
index a44831b6c360..6b4977e88518 100644
--- a/include/com/sun/star/uno/Reference.h
+++ b/include/com/sun/star/uno/Reference.h
@@ -421,6 +421,16 @@ public:
         return castFromXInterface(_pInterface);
     }
 
+    /** Indirection operator.
+
+        @since LibreOffice 6.3
+        @return UNacquired interface reference
+    */
+    interface_type & SAL_CALL operator * () const {
+        assert(_pInterface != NULL);
+        return *castFromXInterface(_pInterface);
+    }
+
     /** Gets interface pointer. This call does not acquire the interface.
 
         @return UNacquired interface pointer