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#ifndef _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_LAZY_PTR_H
#define _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_LAZY_PTR_H
#include <atomic>
#include <memory>
#include <utility>
 
namespace LOG4CXX_NS { namespace helpers
{

template <typename T>
class LazyPtr
{
private:
    std::atomic<T*> m_ptr{nullptr};
 
public: // ...structors
    LazyPtr() = default;
 
    // Clean up allocated resource on destruction
    ~LazyPtr()
    {
        delete m_ptr.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
    }
 
    // Prevent copying to avoid double-free errors
    LazyPtr(const LazyPtr&) = delete;
    LazyPtr& operator=(const LazyPtr&) = delete;
 
    // Allow moving
    LazyPtr(LazyPtr&& other) noexcept
        : m_ptr(other.m_ptr.exchange(nullptr, std::memory_order_relaxed))
    {}
 
public: // Operators
    // Allow assignment
    LazyPtr& operator=(LazyPtr&& other) noexcept
    {
        if (this != &other)
        {
            delete m_ptr.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
            m_ptr.store(other.m_ptr.exchange(nullptr, std::memory_order_relaxed),
                       std::memory_order_relaxed);
        }
        return *this;
    }
 
    // Lazy initialization & dereference
    T& operator*() { return *get_or_throw(); }
 
    // Lazy initialization
    T* operator->() { return get_or_throw(); }
 
    // Explicit bool conversion
    explicit operator bool() const noexcept
    {
        return m_ptr.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) != nullptr;
    }
 
    // The raw pointer value
    T* get_ptr() const noexcept
    {
        return m_ptr.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
    }
 
private: // Modifiers
    // Lazily initialize if required
    T* get_or_throw()
    {
        T* p = m_ptr.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
        if (!p)
        {
            auto* new_p = new T();
            if (!m_ptr.compare_exchange_strong(p, new_p
                , std::memory_order_relaxed
                , std::memory_order_relaxed
                )
               )
            {
                delete new_p; // Lost the race
            }
            else
            {
                p = new_p;
            }
        }
        return p;
    }
};
 
} } // namespace LOG4CXX_NS::helpers
 
#endif // _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_LAZY_PTR_H