Add the fakederef class

diff --git a/include/inspircd.h b/include/inspircd.h
index dab00d31cf9492e04f173e3d27f187378ea57e42..4850d5a0347febb02c17e0b83c05d5b6adb47bdd 100644 (file)
--- a/include/inspircd.h
+++ b/include/inspircd.h
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@
 
 CoreExport extern InspIRCd* ServerInstance;
 
+/** Base class for manager classes that are still accessed using -> but are no longer pointers
+ */
+template <typename T>
+struct fakederef
+{
+       T* operator->()
+       {
+               return static_cast<T*>(this);
+       }
+};
+
 #include "config.h"
 #include "dynref.h"
 #include "consolecolors.h"