libcruft-util/singleton.hpp

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/*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*
* Copyright 2018 Danny Robson <danny@nerdcruft.net>
*/
#ifndef CRUFT_UTIL_SINGLETON_HPP
#define CRUFT_UTIL_SINGLETON_HPP
#include "debug.hpp"
#include <memory>
namespace util {
/// statically stores a single value of the named type.
///
/// this does not prevent the instantiation of the named type, but
/// instead defines a method to refer to a single instance across an
/// application.
template <typename SelfT>
class singleton {
private:
singleton () = default;
static SelfT *instance;
public:
/// instantiates the one blessed value of this type.
///
/// `instantiate` must be called once and once only before any calls
/// to `get`. it is not threadsafe. there are some (unsafe)
/// assertions against multiple instantiations but they may not be
/// relied upon.
///
/// returns a unique_ptr to the value which the caller must store
/// until it will never be needed again.
template <typename ...Args>
static std::unique_ptr<SelfT>
instantiate [[nodiscard]] (Args &&...args)
{
CHECK (!instance);
auto cookie =std::make_unique<SelfT> (std::forward<Args> (args)...);
instance = cookie.get ();
return cookie;
}
/// returns a reference to sole instantiated value
///
/// `instantiate` must have already been called before `get` is called.
static SelfT&
get (void)
{
CHECK (instance);
return *instance;
}
};
};
template <typename SelfT>
SelfT*
util::singleton<SelfT>::instance;
#endif