/***********************************************************************
	filename: 	CEGUISingleton.h
	created:	22/2/2004
	author:		Paul D Turner
	
	purpose:	Singleton Base Class
*************************************************************************/
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/*************************************************************************
	
	The code in this file is taken from article 1.3 in the the book:
	Game Programming Gems from Charles River Media

*************************************************************************/
#ifndef _CEGUISingleton_h_
#define _CEGUISingleton_h_

#include "CEGUIBase.h"
#include <cassert>

// Start of CEGUI namespace section
namespace CEGUI
{
/* Copyright (C) Scott Bilas, 2000. 
 * All rights reserved worldwide.
 *
 * This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
 * warranties. You may freely copy and compile this source into
 * applications you distribute provided that the copyright text
 * below is included in the resulting source code, for example:
 * "Portions Copyright (C) Scott Bilas, 2000"
 */


template <typename T> class CEGUIEXPORT Singleton
{
protected:
// TODO: Come up with something better than this!
// TODO:
// TODO: This super-nasty piece of nastiness was put in for continued
// TODO: compatability with MSVC++ and MinGW - the latter apparently
// TODO: needs this.
    static
#ifdef __MINGW32__
    CEGUIEXPORT
#endif
    T* ms_Singleton;

public:
    Singleton( void )
    {
        assert( !ms_Singleton );
        ms_Singleton = static_cast<T*>(this);
    }
   ~Singleton( void )
        {  assert( ms_Singleton );  ms_Singleton = 0;  }
    static T& getSingleton( void )
        {  assert( ms_Singleton );  return ( *ms_Singleton );  }
    static T* getSingletonPtr( void )
        {  return ( ms_Singleton );  }
};

} // End of  CEGUI namespace section



#endif	// end of guard _CEGUISingleton_h_