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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace AK {
+
+template<typename T>
+class RefCountForwarder {
+public:
+    void ref() { m_ref_count_target.ref(); }
+    void unref() { m_ref_count_target.unref(); }
+
+    T& ref_count_target() { return m_ref_count_target; }
+    T const& ref_count_target() const { return m_ref_count_target; }
+
+protected:
+    RefCountForwarder(T& target)
+        : m_ref_count_target(target)
+    {
+    }
+
+private:
+    T& m_ref_count_target;
+};
+
+}
+
+using AK::RefCountForwarder;