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/* Desc: Singleton base class
 * Author: Nate Koenig
 * Date: 2 Sept 2007
 */

#ifndef _SINGLETONT_HH_
#define _SINGLETONT_HH_

#include "gazebo/util/system.hh"

/// \addtogroup gazebo_common Common
/// \{

/// \class SingletonT SingletonT.hh common/common.hh
/// \brief Singleton template class
template <class T>
class GZ_COMMON_VISIBLE SingletonT
{
  /// \brief Get an instance of the singleton
  public: static T *Instance()
          {
            return &GetInstance();
          }

  /// \brief Constructor
  protected: SingletonT() {}

  /// \brief Destructor
  protected: virtual ~SingletonT() {}

  /// \brief Creates and returns a reference to the unique (static) instance
  private: static T &GetInstance()
           {
             static T t;
             return static_cast<T &>(t);
           }

  /// \brief A reference to the unique instance
  private: static T &myself;
};

/// \brief Initialization of the singleton instance.
template <class T>
T &SingletonT<T>::myself = SingletonT<T>::GetInstance();
/// \}

#endif