From 8e39d7988b483b9dc042b002dac51acacc7ab0e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Simon=20L=C3=BCbe=C3=9F?= <simon.luebess@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:29:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added RefCounted helpers

---
 GlitchyEngine/src/Helper.bf | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 GlitchyEngine/src/Helper.bf

diff --git a/GlitchyEngine/src/Helper.bf b/GlitchyEngine/src/Helper.bf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e70ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GlitchyEngine/src/Helper.bf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System;
+using DirectX.Common;
+
+namespace GlitchyEngine
+{
+	static
+	{
+		/// Releases the reference to destination, writes newValue into it and adds a reference to newValue.
+		public static mixin SetReference<T>(T destination, T newValue) where T: RefCounted
+		{
+			destination?.ReleaseRef();
+			destination = newValue;
+			destination?.AddRef();
+		}
+
+		/// Releases the reference to value and nullifies it.
+		public static mixin ReleaseRefAndNullify<T>(T value) where T: RefCounted
+		{
+			value?.ReleaseRef();
+			value = null;
+		}
+	}
+}