BloombergLP::bslma::ManagedPtr::release

Release ownership, load deleter, and return the target pointer.

Synopsis

Declared in <bslma_managedptr.h>

TARGET_TYPE*
release(ManagedPtrDeleter* deleter);

Description

Load the specified deleter for the currently managed object and reset this managed pointer to empty. Return a raw pointer to the target object (if any) managed by this pointer. It is undefined behavior to run the returned deleter unless the returned pointer to target object is not null.

Return Value

raw pointer to the target object, or null if empty

Parameters

Name

Description

deleter

out‐parameter receiving the current deleter

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