I have a base class that basically wraps up attaching a class to a arbitrary windows handle (e.g, HWND, HFONT), and uses a policy class to attach/detach and destroy:

// class SmartHandle
template<typename THANDLE, class TWRAPPER, class TPOLICY>
class SmartHandle : boost::noncopyable
{
private:
    TPOLICY*  m_pPolicy;    // Policy
    bool m_bIsTemporary;    // Is this a temporary window?

    SmartHandle();  // no default ctor
    SmartHandle(const SmartHandle<THANDLE, TWRAPPER, TPOLICY>&);    // no cctor
protected:
    THANDLE   m_hHandle;    // Handle to the underlying window

    TPOLICY& policy() {return(*m_pPolicy);};

    // ctor that attaches but is temporary
    SmartHandle(const THANDLE& _handle, bool _temporary) : m_hHandle(_handle)
                                                         , m_bIsTemporary(_temporary)
    {
        m_pPolicy = new TPOLICY(reinterpret_cast<TWRAPPER&>(*this));
        if(_handle)
            m_pPolicy->attach(_handle);
    };  // eo ctor

    // move ctor
    SmartHandle(SmartHandle<THANDLE, TWRAPPER, TPOLICY>&& _rhs) : m_hHandle(_rhs.m_hHandle)
                                                                      , m_bIsTemporary(_rhs.m_bIsTemporary)
    {
        m_pPolicy = new TPOLICY(reinterpret_cast<TWRAPPER&>(*this));
        m_pPolicy->attach(m_hHandle);
        const_cast<SmartHandle&>(_rhs).m_hHandle = NULL;
    };  // eo mtor

    // dtor
    virtual ~SmartHandle()
    {
        if(m_hHandle)
        {
            m_pPolicy->detach(m_hHandle);
            if(!m_bIsTemporary)
                m_pPolicy->destroy(m_hHandle);
            m_hHandle = NULL;
        };
        delete(m_pPolicy);
        m_pPolicy = NULL;
    }; // eo dtor

Note that I've declared the copy constructor private (with no implementation) as I do not want the class to be copied, but a move is allowed.

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