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Apr 12, 2017, 10:29:00 PM (8 years ago)
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    33== Description ==
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    5 The [wiki:singleton] is an important design-pattern in advanced c++ coding. A singleton is a class, that allows only one existing instance at a time. This is achieved by overloading the constructor as a private function and the implementation of a static funciton that returns a pointer to the only existing instance (or creates the instance if it's not already existing). The pointer itself is stored in a static variable. This variable must be statically set to zero before you access the [wiki:singleton] the first time.
     5The [wiki:Singleton] is an important design-pattern in advanced c++ coding. A singleton is a class, that allows only one existing instance at a time. This is achieved by overloading the constructor as a private function and the implementation of a static funciton that returns a pointer to the only existing instance (or creates the instance if it's not already existing). The pointer itself is stored in a static variable. This variable must be statically set to zero before you access the [wiki:Singleton] the first time.
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    7 This way you can retrieve a pointer to the [wiki:singleton] and access its member functions everywhere in the code without using ugly static objects or completely static classes.
     7This way you can retrieve a pointer to the [wiki:Singleton] and access its member functions everywhere in the code without using ugly static objects or completely static classes.
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    99== Example ==