#ifndef QUERY_FOREIGN_HPP
#define QUERY_FOREIGN_HPP

#include <memory>

namespace matador::sql {

template < class Type >
class foreign
{
public:
  using value_type = Type;
  using pointer = value_type*;
  using reference = value_type&;

  foreign() = default;
  explicit foreign(Type *obj)
  : obj_(obj) {}
  foreign(const foreign&) = default;
  foreign& operator=(const foreign&) = default;
  foreign(foreign&&) noexcept = default;
  foreign& operator=(foreign&&) noexcept = default;
  ~foreign() = default;

  pointer operator->() { return obj_.get(); }
  const value_type* operator->() const { return obj_.get(); }

  reference operator*() { return *obj_; }
  const value_type& operator*() const { return *obj_; }

private:
  std::shared_ptr<value_type> obj_;
};

template<class Type, typename... Args>
[[maybe_unused]] foreign<Type> make_foreign(Args&&... args)
{
  return foreign(new Type(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
}

}
#endif //QUERY_FOREIGN_HPP