Singleton class from Apple
I was looking through the Apple documentation and discovered their take on a singleton class that I thought I should share here:
static MyGizmoClass *sharedGizmoManager = nil;
+ (MyGizmoClass*)sharedManager
{
if (sharedGizmoManager == nil) {
sharedGizmoManager = [[super allocWithZone:NULL] init];
}
return sharedGizmoManager;
}
+ (id)allocWithZone:(NSZone *)zone
{
return [[self sharedManager] retain];
}
- (id)copyWithZone:(NSZone *)zone
{
return self;
}
- (id)retain
{
return self;
}
- (NSUInteger)retainCount
{
return NSUIntegerMax; //denotes an object that cannot be released
}
- (void)release
{
//do nothing
}
- (id)autorelease
{
return self;
}
Apple's document can be found here.
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