KillableSingleton.hpp

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/**
  @file KillableSingleton.hpp

  @author Jean-Christophe FABRE <jean-christophe.fabre@inra.fr>
*/



#ifndef __OPENFLUID_UTILS_KILLABLESINGLETON_HPP__
#define __OPENFLUID_UTILS_KILLABLESINGLETON_HPP__


namespace openfluid { namespace utils {

/**
  Singleton template class implementing a killable singleton design.
  This implementation is not thread safe.

  @warning This template class does not work in a cross-dll context on Windows.
  Due to this restriction, it must not be used in the OpenFLUID framework.

  Example of use to design an Example class as a killable singleton
  @code
class Example : public openfluid::utils::KillableSingleton<Example>
{
  friend class openfluid::utils::KillableSingleton<Example>;


  private:

    Example();

    ~Example();


  public:

    // some public members
};
  @endcode
*/
template<typename T>
class KillableSingleton
{

  private:

    KillableSingleton<T>(T const&) = delete;

    void operator=(T const&) = delete;


  protected:

    static T* mp_Instance;

    KillableSingleton<T>()
    { }

    ~KillableSingleton<T>()
    { }


  public:

    /**
      Returns a pointer to the singleton object.
      Instantiates the class if it not has not been instantiated before or it has been killed before.
      @return A pointer to the singleton object
    */
    static T* instance()
    {
      if (!mp_Instance)
        mp_Instance = new T();

      return mp_Instance;
    }


    // =====================================================================
    // =====================================================================


    /**
      Kills the singleton class
    */
    static void kill()
    {
      if (mp_Instance)
      {
        delete mp_Instance;
        mp_Instance = nullptr;
      }
    }
};


template <typename T>
T *KillableSingleton<T>::mp_Instance = nullptr;


} }  //namespaces

#endif /* __OPENFLUID_UTILS_KILLABLESINGLETON_HPP__ */