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| -rw-r--r-- | include/cppuhelper/weakref.hxx | 20 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/cppuhelper/weakref.hxx b/include/cppuhelper/weakref.hxx index 783649418594..9cd422b8aab6 100644 --- a/include/cppuhelper/weakref.hxx +++ b/include/cppuhelper/weakref.hxx @@ -39,8 +39,14 @@ namespace uno class OWeakRefListener; -/** The WeakReferenceHelper holds a weak reference to an object. This object must implement - the css::uno::XWeak interface. The implementation is thread safe. +/** The WeakReferenceHelper holds a weak reference to an object. + + This object must implement the css::uno::XWeak interface. + + The WeakReferenceHelper itself is *not* thread safe, just as + Reference itself isn't, but the implementation of the listeners etc. + behind it *is* thread-safe, so multiple threads can have their own + WeakReferences to the same XWeak object. */ class CPPUHELPER_DLLPUBLIC WeakReferenceHelper { @@ -116,8 +122,14 @@ protected: /// @endcond }; -/** The WeakReference<> holds a weak reference to an object. This object must implement - the css::uno::XWeak interface. The implementation is thread safe. +/** The WeakReference<> holds a weak reference to an object. + + This object must implement the css::uno::XWeak interface. + + The WeakReference itself is *not* thread safe, just as + Reference itself isn't, but the implementation of the listeners etc. + behind it *is* thread-safe, so multiple threads can have their own + WeakReferences to the same XWeak object. @tparam interface_type type of interface */ |