alib::singletons Namespace Reference

Description:

This is the namespace of ALib Module "Singletons". Please refer to the Programmer's Manual Of ALib Singletons for information about using this (single :-) Singleton class in this tiny namespace.

Type Index:
class	Singleton

Function Index:
ALIB_API HashMap< TypeFunctors::Key, void *, TypeFunctors::Hash, TypeFunctors::EqualTo > &	DbgGetSingletons ()
ALIB_API int	DbgGetSingletons (NAString &target)
void	Shutdown ()

Function Details:

DbgGetSingletons() [1/2]

HashMap< TypeFunctors::Key, void *, TypeFunctors::Hash, TypeFunctors::EqualTo > & DbgGetSingletons

(

)

---

This debug helper function returns a type map with void pointers to all singletons.

The function may be used to investigate which singleton objects are created within a process and the point in (run-) time of creation.

Note

This method is available only with debug builds of ALib and if code selection symbol ALIB_FEAT_SINGLETON_MAPPED evaluates to true.
The method included with alib/singletons/dbgsingletons.hpp .

If the ALib Distribution includes ALib Strings then a simple dumping method is available with DbgGetSingletons(NAString&).

Attention

If module ALib Monomem is not included in the ALib Distribution , then the result type of this method changes to std::unordered_map<TypeKey, void*>&.

Returns

A map of singleton types with void pointers to the singletons.

Definition at line 183 of file singleton.cpp.

DbgGetSingletons() [2/2]

int DbgGetSingletons

(

NAString &

target

)

---

This debug function writes all type names and addresses of each currently defined instance of class Singleton into the given AString.

Note

This method is available only

• with debug builds of the software,
• if module ALib Strings is included in the ALib Distribution , and
• if code selection symbol ALIB_FEAT_SINGLETON_MAPPED is true.

The method included with alib/singletons/dbgsingletons.hpp .

Note

In case module ALib Strings is not available, then alternative method DbgGetSingletons can be used. This returns a list of std::type_info structs together with (void-) pointers to the singletons.

Parameters

target

The target string to write the list of singletons to.

Returns

The number of singletons written.

Definition at line 191 of file singleton.cpp.

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Shutdown()

ALIB_API void Shutdown

(

)

---

Deletes the singletons. Upon exit of the process, programmers might want to explicitly free the hash table to avoid the detection of memory leaks by metrics tools like Valgrind . (Otherwise this can be omitted, as the memory is cleaned by the OS probably much faster when a process exits).

The standard bootstrap code of ALib , hence the (overloaded) functions alib::Shutdown will call this function.

Note

This method is not thread-safe and hence must be called only on termination of the process when all threads which are using singletons are terminated.

Definition at line 164 of file singleton.cpp.