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-# The Singleton module implements the Singleton pattern.
-#
-# Usage:
-# class Klass
-# include Singleton
-# # ...
-# end
-#
-# * this ensures that only one instance of Klass lets call it
-# ``the instance'' can be created.
-#
-# a,b = Klass.instance, Klass.instance
-# a == b # => true
-# a.new # NoMethodError - new is private ...
-#
-# * ``The instance'' is created at instantiation time, in other
-# words the first call of Klass.instance(), thus
-#
-# class OtherKlass
-# include Singleton
-# # ...
-# end
-# ObjectSpace.each_object(OtherKlass){} # => 0.
-#
-# * This behavior is preserved under inheritance and cloning.
-#
-#
-#
-# This is achieved by marking
-# * Klass.new and Klass.allocate - as private
-#
-# Providing (or modifying) the class methods
-# * Klass.inherited(sub_klass) and Klass.clone() -
-# to ensure that the Singleton pattern is properly
-# inherited and cloned.
-#
-# * Klass.instance() - returning ``the instance''. After a
-# successful self modifying (normally the first) call the
-# method body is a simple:
-#
-# def Klass.instance()
-# return @singleton__instance__
-# end
-#
-# * Klass._load(str) - calling Klass.instance()
-#
-# * Klass._instantiate?() - returning ``the instance'' or
-# nil. This hook method puts a second (or nth) thread calling
-# Klass.instance() on a waiting loop. The return value
-# signifies the successful completion or premature termination
-# of the first, or more generally, current "instantiation thread".
-#
-#
-# The instance method of Singleton are
-# * clone and dup - raising TypeErrors to prevent cloning or duping
-#
-# * _dump(depth) - returning the empty string. Marshalling strips
-# by default all state information, e.g. instance variables and
-# taint state, from ``the instance''. Providing custom _load(str)
-# and _dump(depth) hooks allows the (partially) resurrections of
-# a previous state of ``the instance''.
-
-require 'thread'
-
-module Singleton
- # disable build-in copying methods
- def clone
- raise TypeError, "can't clone instance of singleton #{self.class}"
- end
- def dup
- raise TypeError, "can't dup instance of singleton #{self.class}"
- end
-
- # default marshalling strategy
- def _dump(depth = -1)
- ''
- end
-
- module SingletonClassMethods
- # properly clone the Singleton pattern - did you know
- # that duping doesn't copy class methods?
- def clone
- Singleton.__init__(super)
- end
-
- def _load(str)
- instance
- end
-
- private
-
- # ensure that the Singleton pattern is properly inherited
- def inherited(sub_klass)
- super
- Singleton.__init__(sub_klass)
- end
- end
-
- class << Singleton
- def __init__(klass)
- klass.instance_eval {
- @singleton__instance__ = nil
- @singleton__mutex__ = Mutex.new
- }
- def klass.instance
- return @singleton__instance__ if @singleton__instance__
- @singleton__mutex__.synchronize {
- return @singleton__instance__ if @singleton__instance__
- @singleton__instance__ = new()
- }
- @singleton__instance__
- end
- klass
- end
-
- private
-
- # extending an object with Singleton is a bad idea
- undef_method :extend_object
-
- def append_features(mod)
- # help out people counting on transitive mixins
- unless mod.instance_of?(Class)
- raise TypeError, "Inclusion of the OO-Singleton module in module #{mod}"
- end
- super
- end
-
- def included(klass)
- super
- klass.private_class_method :new, :allocate
- klass.extend SingletonClassMethods
- Singleton.__init__(klass)
- end
- end
-
-end
-
-
-if __FILE__ == $0
-
-def num_of_instances(klass)
- "#{ObjectSpace.each_object(klass){}} #{klass} instance(s)"
-end
-
-# The basic and most important example.
-
-class SomeSingletonClass
- include Singleton
-end
-puts "There are #{num_of_instances(SomeSingletonClass)}"
-
-a = SomeSingletonClass.instance
-b = SomeSingletonClass.instance # a and b are same object
-puts "basic test is #{a == b}"
-
-begin
- SomeSingletonClass.new
-rescue NoMethodError => mes
- puts mes
-end
-
-
-
-puts "\nThreaded example with exception and customized #_instantiate?() hook"; p
-Thread.abort_on_exception = false
-
-class Ups < SomeSingletonClass
- def initialize
- self.class.__sleep
- puts "initialize called by thread ##{Thread.current[:i]}"
- end
-end
-
-class << Ups
- def _instantiate?
- @enter.push Thread.current[:i]
- while false.equal?(@singleton__instance__)
- @singleton__mutex__.unlock
- sleep 0.08
- @singleton__mutex__.lock
- end
- @leave.push Thread.current[:i]
- @singleton__instance__
- end
-
- def __sleep
- sleep(rand(0.08))
- end
-
- def new
- begin
- __sleep
- raise "boom - thread ##{Thread.current[:i]} failed to create instance"
- ensure
- # simple flip-flop
- class << self
- remove_method :new
- end
- end
- end
-
- def instantiate_all
- @enter = []
- @leave = []
- 1.upto(9) {|i|
- Thread.new {
- begin
- Thread.current[:i] = i
- __sleep
- instance
- rescue RuntimeError => mes
- puts mes
- end
- }
- }
- puts "Before there were #{num_of_instances(self)}"
- sleep 3
- puts "Now there is #{num_of_instances(self)}"
- puts "#{@enter.join '; '} was the order of threads entering the waiting loop"
- puts "#{@leave.join '; '} was the order of threads leaving the waiting loop"
- end
-end
-
-
-Ups.instantiate_all
-# results in message like
-# Before there were 0 Ups instance(s)
-# boom - thread #6 failed to create instance
-# initialize called by thread #3
-# Now there is 1 Ups instance(s)
-# 3; 2; 1; 8; 4; 7; 5 was the order of threads entering the waiting loop
-# 3; 2; 1; 7; 4; 8; 5 was the order of threads leaving the waiting loop
-
-
-puts "\nLets see if class level cloning really works"
-Yup = Ups.clone
-def Yup.new
- begin
- __sleep
- raise "boom - thread ##{Thread.current[:i]} failed to create instance"
- ensure
- # simple flip-flop
- class << self
- remove_method :new
- end
- end
-end
-Yup.instantiate_all
-
-
-puts "\n\n","Customized marshalling"
-class A
- include Singleton
- attr_accessor :persist, :die
- def _dump(depth)
- # this strips the @die information from the instance
- Marshal.dump(@persist,depth)
- end
-end
-
-def A._load(str)
- instance.persist = Marshal.load(str)
- instance
-end
-
-a = A.instance
-a.persist = ["persist"]
-a.die = "die"
-a.taint
-
-stored_state = Marshal.dump(a)
-# change state
-a.persist = nil
-a.die = nil
-b = Marshal.load(stored_state)
-p a == b # => true
-p a.persist # => ["persist"]
-p a.die # => nil
-
-
-puts "\n\nSingleton with overridden default #inherited() hook"
-class Up
-end
-def Up.inherited(sub_klass)
- puts "#{sub_klass} subclasses #{self}"
-end
-
-
-class Middle < Up
- include Singleton
-end
-
-class Down < Middle; end
-
-puts "and basic \"Down test\" is #{Down.instance == Down.instance}\n
-Various exceptions"
-
-begin
- module AModule
- include Singleton
- end
-rescue TypeError => mes
- puts mes #=> Inclusion of the OO-Singleton module in module AModule
-end
-
-begin
- 'aString'.extend Singleton
-rescue NoMethodError => mes
- puts mes #=> undefined method `extend_object' for Singleton:Module
-end
-
-end