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      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> {
     42   static Type* New() {
     43     return [[Type alloc] init];
     44   }
     45 
     46   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