1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 // Support for using the Singleton<T> pattern with Objective-C objects.  A
6 // SingletonObjC is the same as a Singleton, except the default traits are
7 // appropriate for Objective-C objects.  A typical Objective-C object of type
8 // NSExampleType can be maintained as a singleton and accessed with:
9 //
10 //   NSExampleType* exampleSingleton = SingletonObjC<NSExampleType>::get();
11 //
12 // The first time this is used, it will create exampleSingleton as the result
13 // of [[NSExampleType alloc] init].  Subsequent calls will return the same
14 // NSExampleType* object.  The object will be released by calling
15 // -[NSExampleType release] when Singleton's atexit routines run
16 // (see singleton.h).
17 //
18 // For Objective-C objects initialized through means other than the
19 // no-parameter -init selector, DefaultSingletonObjCTraits may be extended
20 // as needed:
21 //
22 //   struct FooSingletonTraits : public DefaultSingletonObjCTraits<Foo> {
23 //     static Foo* New() {
24 //       return [[Foo alloc] initWithName:@"selecty"];
25 //     }
26 //   };
27 //   ...
28 //   Foo* widgetSingleton = SingletonObjC<Foo, FooSingletonTraits>::get();
29 
30 #ifndef BASE_MEMORY_SINGLETON_OBJC_H_
31 #define BASE_MEMORY_SINGLETON_OBJC_H_
32 
33 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
34 #include "base/memory/singleton.h"
35 
36 // Singleton traits usable to manage traditional Objective-C objects, which
37 // are instantiated by sending |alloc| and |init| messages, and are deallocated
38 // in a memory-managed environment when their retain counts drop to 0 by
39 // sending |release| messages.
40 template<typename Type>
41 struct DefaultSingletonObjCTraits : public DefaultSingletonTraits<Type> {
NewDefaultSingletonObjCTraits42   static Type* New() {
43     return [[Type alloc] init];
44   }
45 
DeleteDefaultSingletonObjCTraits46   static void Delete(Type* object) {
47     [object release];
48   }
49 };
50 
51 // Exactly like Singleton, but without the DefaultSingletonObjCTraits as the
52 // default trait class.  This makes it straightforward for Objective-C++ code
53 // to hold Objective-C objects as singletons.
54 template<typename Type,
55          typename Traits = DefaultSingletonObjCTraits<Type>,
56          typename DifferentiatingType = Type>
57 class SingletonObjC : public Singleton<Type, Traits, DifferentiatingType> {
58 };
59 
60 #endif  // BASE_MEMORY_SINGLETON_OBJC_H_
61