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+/*
+    Base class interface
+    Copyright (C) 1998,1999 by Andrew Zabolotny
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Library General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
+    Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+*/
+
+#ifndef __BASE_H__
+#define __BASE_H__
+
+#include "Common.h"
+
+/**
+ * This class is intended to be a base class for every other class.
+ * It defines the basic interface available for any object.
+ */
+class Base
+{
+    private:
+        /// Object reference count
+        int RefCount;
+
+    protected:
+        /**
+         * Destroy this object. Destructor is virtual, because class contains
+         * virtual methods; also it is private because it is never intended
+         * to be called directly; use DecRef() instead: when reference counter
+         * reaches zero, the object will be destroyed.
+         */
+        virtual ~Base ();
+
+    public:
+
+        Base ();
+
+        void IncRef ();
+
+        void DecRef ();
+        int GetRefCount ();
+
+};
+#endif                                                      // __BASE_H__