lumiera_/src/lib/singleton-ref.hpp
Ichthyostega 685a9b84ee Library: replace boost::noncopyable by our own library solution
Benefits
 - get rid of yet another pervasive Boost dependency
 - define additional more fine grained policies (move only, clonable)
2018-03-24 05:35:13 +01:00

133 lines
4 KiB
C++

/*
SINGLETON-REF.hpp - helper template providing singleton-like access for implementation code
Copyright (C) Lumiera.org
2008, Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
/** @file singleton-ref.hpp
** Helper for singleton-kind access without managing object creation and lifecycle.
** A typical usage scenario is when implementing C Language Interfaces without any
** canonical access to some "this" pointer. In this case
** - an instance of the \c Access policy class is created "somewhere" (usually as
** global variable). Calls from within the C code would enter through this accessor.
** - when the actual service implementation class comes up, it creates an SingletonRef
** instance and thereby wires the (already existing) accessor up with \c *this
** - when the service goes down, access is closed automatically and reliably.
** Client code (from within C) should check the accessor (by \c bool check)
** prior to any access, because accessing a closed connection will throw
** (that's unfortunate, but at least throwing is better than segfaulting)
**
** @see gui::NotificationService usage example
*/
#ifndef LIB_SINGLETON_REF_H
#define LIB_SINGLETON_REF_H
#include "lib/error.hpp"
#include "lib/nocopy.hpp"
namespace lib {
namespace singleton {
/***********************************//**
* Detail/Policy class specifying
* how the SingletonRef can be accessed
*/
template<class TY>
class AccessAsReference
: util::NonCopyable
{
TY* obj_;
typedef AccessAsReference<TY> _ThisType;
public:
void
open (TY* instance)
{
ASSERT (!obj_, "Lifecycle error");
obj_ = instance;
}
void
close ()
{
ASSERT (obj_, "Lifecycle error");
obj_ = nullptr;
}
TY*
operator-> () const
{
if (!isValid())
throw lumiera::error::State("Target currently not available.");
return obj_;
}
explicit operator bool() const { return obj_; }
bool isValid() const { return obj_; }
};
} // namespace Singleton
/*********************************************************//**
* Helper template providing singleton access without managing
* object creation and lifecycle. Just the access to the
* implementation instance is handled: on creation, access is
* enabled, and disabled on destruction. Client code is assumed
* to invoke through the Access (template template param),
* handed in as ctor parameter.
* @param TY the actual type to be made accessible
* @param B a base class to inherit from; defaults to noncopyable
* @param Accessor how to implement the static instance access
*/
template< class TY
, class B = util::NonCopyable
, template<class> class Access = singleton::AccessAsReference
>
struct SingletonRef
: public B
{
typedef Access<TY> Accessor;
Accessor& accessor_;
SingletonRef(TY * instance, Accessor& acc)
: accessor_(acc)
{
accessor_.open (instance);
}
~SingletonRef()
{
accessor_.close ();
}
};
} // namespace lib
#endif