What wrapper class in C++ should I use for automated resource management?

Question

I\'m a C++ amateur. I\'m writing some Win32 API code and there are handles and weirdly compositely allocated objects aplenty. So I was wondering - is there some wrapper clas

Answer 1

Essentially, fstream is a good C++ wrapper for file handles. It's part of the standard which means it is portable, well tested, and extensible in an object-oriented manner. For file resources, it is a great concept.

However, fstream only works for files, not for generic handles, i.e. threads, processes, synchronization objects, memory-mapped files, etc.