Optionally owning pointer

#include <memory>
// using std::unique_ptr, std::pointer_traits


template<class Pointer>
class FooBase
{
  Pointer _m;
public:
  using pointer = Pointer;
  using element_type = typename std::pointer_traits<pointer>::element_type;
  using reference =  element_type&;
  using const_reference = const element_type&;

  explicit FooBase(reference ref)
    : _m(&ref)
  {}
  reference get()
  { return *_m; }
  const_reference get() const
  { return *_m; }
};

class Bar;

using Foo = FooBase<Bar*>;
using OwningFoo = FooBase<std::unique_ptr<Bar> >;