# 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 @__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''. 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 private # default marshalling strategy def _dump(depth=-1) '' end end class << Singleton # Method body of first instance call. FirstInstanceCall = proc do # @__instance__ takes on one of the following values # * nil - before and after a failed creation # * false - during creation # * sub_class instance - after a successful creation # the form makes up for the lack of returns in progs Thread.critical = true if @__instance__.nil? @__instance__ = false Thread.critical = false begin @__instance__ = new ensure if @__instance__ class < 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?(@__instance__) Thread.critical = false sleep 0.08 Thread.critical = true end @leave.push Thread.current[:i] @__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