// -*- c++ -*- //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Singleton.h //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Copyright (C) 1997-2002,2005 Vladislav Grinchenko // // This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or // modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public // License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either // version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Created: 02/22/99 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #ifndef _Singleton_h #define _Singleton_h #include "Destroyer.h" namespace ASSA { /** @file Singleton.h Singleton template class allows to turn any new or existing class T into Singleton Pattern. It is accomplished by deriving class T from class Singleton. It is assumed that Singleton objects are long-lived. Often they exist for the life of the program. You delete them not so much to reclaim space but to shut down in the orderly manner (such as return whatever resources derived class holds in its ownership back to the system). C++ deletes static objects automatically. Although, it doesn't guarantee the calling order. In other words, destructors of Singleton class are not order-dependent. To force destruction order, Singleton class transfers ownership of object T to Destroyer class. When the program exits, the Destroyer will be destroyed, and the object T along with it. Singleton destructor is now implicit. */ template class Singleton { public: /// Return an instance of templated class T static T* get_instance () { if (m_instance == 0) { m_instance = new T; m_destroyer.setGuard (m_instance); } return m_instance; } protected: /// Protected Constructor Singleton() {} friend class Destroyer; /// Virtual Destructor virtual ~Singleton () {} private: /// Pointer to the object T instance static T* m_instance; /// Destroyer that owns object T static Destroyer m_destroyer; }; } // end namespace ASSA /** @def ASSA_DECL_SINGLETON(K) ASSA_DECL_SINGLETON macro inserts static member declarations mandated by the Singleton class. 'assa-genesis' utility generates appropriate file templated by default. */ #define ASSA_DECL_SINGLETON(K) \ template <> K* ASSA::Singleton::m_instance = NULL; \ template ASSA::Destroyer ASSA::Singleton::m_destroyer; \ template ASSA::Destroyer ASSA::Singleton::m_destroyer; #endif