From 83d870e58457a1d335a1d9b9966a6a1887cc297b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amlal El Mahrouss <amlal@nekernel.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:02:43 +0100
Subject: feat! breaking changes on kernel sources.

Signed-off-by: Amlal El Mahrouss <amlal@nekernel.org>
---
 src/kernel/NeKit/Ref.h | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/kernel/NeKit/Ref.h

(limited to 'src/kernel/NeKit/Ref.h')

diff --git a/src/kernel/NeKit/Ref.h b/src/kernel/NeKit/Ref.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dac701e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/NeKit/Ref.h
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+
+/* ========================================
+
+  Copyright (C) 2024-2025, Amlal El Mahrouss, licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.
+
+======================================== */
+
+#ifndef _NEKIT_REF_H_
+#define _NEKIT_REF_H_
+
+#include <CompilerKit/CompilerKit.h>
+#include <KernelKit/HeapMgr.h>
+#include <NeKit/Defines.h>
+#include <NeKit/KernelPanic.h>
+
+namespace Kernel {
+/// =========================================================== ///
+/// @brief Reference wrapper class.                          ///
+/// =========================================================== ///
+template <typename T>
+class Ref final {
+ public:
+  explicit Ref() = default;
+  ~Ref()         = default;
+
+ public:
+  Ref(T* cls) : fClass(*cls) {}
+  Ref(T cls) : fClass(cls) {}
+
+  Ref& operator=(T ref) {
+    fClass = ref;
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  NE_COPY_DEFAULT(Ref)
+
+ public:
+  T operator->() const { return fClass; }
+
+  T& Leak() noexcept { return fClass; }
+
+  T& TryLeak() noexcept { return fClass; }
+
+  T operator*() { return fClass; }
+
+  operator bool() noexcept { return true; }
+
+ private:
+  T fClass;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+class NonNullRef final {
+ public:
+  NonNullRef()        = delete;
+  NonNullRef(nullPtr) = delete;
+
+  NonNullRef(T* ref) : fRef(ref) { MUST_PASS(ref); }
+  NonNullRef(Ref<T> ref) : fRef(ref) { MUST_PASS(ref); }
+
+  Ref<T>& operator->() {
+    MUST_PASS(fRef);
+    return fRef;
+  }
+
+  NonNullRef& operator=(const NonNullRef<T>& ref) = delete;
+  NonNullRef(const NonNullRef<T>& ref)            = default;
+
+ private:
+  Ref<T> fRef{};
+};
+
+using RefAny        = Ref<Any>;
+using NonNullRefAny = NonNullRef<Any>;
+}  // namespace Kernel
+
+#endif  // ifndef _NEKIT_REF_H_
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