G4ThreadLocalSingleton.hh

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// G4ThreadLocalSingleton
//
// Class description:
//
// This class implements a thread-private "singleton". Being thread
// private the singleton is not a singleton in the term, but a different
// instance exists for each thread.
// This class is a wrapper around the real object that we need to
// make singleton.
//
// Limitation:
//   The object that is made thread-private singleton should not
//   contain any thread-local data member. Note that in general,
//   if an object is to be thread-private it is unnecessary to mark
//   any data-member as G4ThreadLocal.
//
// Performance issues:
//   This class uses locks and mutexes.
//
// Example:
//   This is the singleton pattern often found in Geant4 (sequential):
//   class G4Class
//   {
//     private:
//       static G4Class* instance;
//        G4Class() { ... }
//     public:
//       static G4Class* GetInstance()
//       {
//         static G4Class theInstance;
//         if ( instance == nullptr ) instance = &theInstance;
//         return instance;
//       }
//   };
//   This is transformed to the following to implement a thread-local
//   singleton:
//   class G4Class
//   {
//     private:
//       static G4ThreadLocal G4Class* instance;
//       G4Class() { ... }
//     public:
//       static G4Class* GetInstance()
//       {
//         if ( instance == nullptr ) instance = new G4Class;
//           return instance;
//       }
//   };
//   Note that this class also has a memory leak.
//
//   This class can be used as follows:
//   class G4Class
//   {
//     friend class G4ThreadLocalSingleton<G4Class>;
//     private:
//       G4Class() { ... }
//     public:
//       static G4Class* GetInstance()
//       {
//         static G4ThreadLocalSingleton<G4Class> instance;
//         return instance.Instance();
//       }
//   };
//   Each thread has its own instance of G4Class.
//   Deletion of G4Class instances is done at end of program.
//   Note the "friend" statement.
 
// Author: A.Dotti, 28 October 2013
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef G4TLSSINGLETON_HH
#define G4TLSSINGLETON_HH 1
 
#include <list>
 
#include "G4AutoLock.hh"
#include "G4Cache.hh"
 
// Forward declaration. See G4AutoDelete.hh
//
namespace G4AutoDelete
{
  template <class T>
  void Register(T*);
}
 
template <class T>
class G4ThreadLocalSingleton : private G4Cache<T*>
{
  friend void G4AutoDelete::Register<T>(T*);
 
 public:
  G4ThreadLocalSingleton();
  // Creates thread-local singleton manager
 
  ~G4ThreadLocalSingleton();
 
  T* Instance() const;
  // Returns a pointer to a thread-private instance of T
 
 private:
  G4ThreadLocalSingleton(G4ThreadLocalSingleton& rhs);
  void Register(T* i) const;
 
  void Clear();
 
  mutable std::list<T*> instances;
  mutable G4Mutex listm;
};
 
//=============================================================
// Inline methods implementation
//=============================================================
 
template <class T>
G4ThreadLocalSingleton<T>::G4ThreadLocalSingleton()
  : G4Cache<T*>()
{
  G4MUTEXINIT(listm);
  G4Cache<T*>::Put(static_cast<T*>(0));
}
 
template <class T>
G4ThreadLocalSingleton<T>::~G4ThreadLocalSingleton()
{
  Clear();
  G4MUTEXDESTROY(listm);
}
 
template <class T>
T* G4ThreadLocalSingleton<T>::Instance() const
{
  T* instance = G4Cache<T*>::Get();
  if(instance == static_cast<T*>(0))
  {
    instance = new T;
    G4Cache<T*>::Put(instance);
    Register(instance);
  }
  return instance;
}
 
template <class T>
G4ThreadLocalSingleton<T>::G4ThreadLocalSingleton(G4ThreadLocalSingleton&)
{}
 
template <class T>
void G4ThreadLocalSingleton<T>::Register(T* i) const
{
  G4AutoLock l(&listm);
  instances.push_back(i);
}
 
template <class T>
void G4ThreadLocalSingleton<T>::Clear()
{
  G4AutoLock l(&listm);
  while(!instances.empty())
  {
    T* thisinst = instances.front();
    instances.pop_front();
    delete thisinst;
  }
}
 
#endif