0031075: Application Framework - reading STEP file into TDocStd_Document leads to...

[occt.git] / src / TDocStd / TDocStd_Document.hxx

diff --git a/src/TDocStd/TDocStd_Document.hxx b/src/TDocStd/TDocStd_Document.hxx
index 0d07b10..2454a65 100644 (file)
--- a/src/TDocStd/TDocStd_Document.hxx
+++ b/src/TDocStd/TDocStd_Document.hxx
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ public:
   
   //! Constructs a document object defined by the
   //! string astorageformat.
+  //! If a document is created outside of an application using this constructor, it must be
+  //! managed by a Handle. Otherwise memory problems could appear: call of TDocStd_Owner::GetDocument
+  //! creates a Handle(TDocStd_Document), so, releasing it will produce a crash.
   Standard_EXPORT TDocStd_Document(const TCollection_ExtendedString& astorageformat);
   
   //! the document is saved in a file.