SingletonCreator.hpp

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#ifndef ERS_SINGLETON_CREATOR_H
#define ERS_SINGLETON_CREATOR_H
 
#include <mutex>
 
/*
 *  SingletonCreator.h
 *  ers
 *
 *  Created by Serguei Kolos on 25.08.11.
 *  Copyright 2011 CERN. All rights reserved.
 *  This class creates singleton instance at the first use attempt
 *  in a threading-safe way.
 */
namespace ers
{
    template <class T>
    class SingletonCreator
    {
    static std::mutex s_mutex;
    static T *    s_instance;
        
      public:
        static T * create( )
        {
    // on MacOS with gcc 4.2 the s_mutex is not yet created
        // at this moment which causes crash. This might be fixed 
        // when movining to newer gcc version
        #if !defined( __APPLE__) && !defined(__rtems__)
        std::scoped_lock lock(s_mutex);
        #endif
        if ( !s_instance )
        {
        s_instance = new T();
        }
        return s_instance;
        }
    };
    
    template <class T>
    std::mutex  SingletonCreator<T>::s_mutex;
    
    template <class T>
    T *     SingletonCreator<T>::s_instance;
}
 
#endif