Re: singleton question

From:
kathy <yqin_99@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:17:28 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<10beb464-7781-42b2-a3ce-e4b48ae00970@18g2000prd.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 24, 9:45 am, Leigh Johnston <le...@i42.co.uk> wrote:

On 24/02/2011 15:23, kathy wrote:

I try to implement the Singleton for my Driver. The code piece:

/////////////////////////
MySingleton.h
/////////////////////////
template<class T> class CSingleton
{
public:
   static T* GetInstance();

protected:
   CSingleton();
   ~CSingleton();

private:
   CSingleton(CSingleton const&);
   CSingleton& operator=(CSingleton const&);
   static T* m_pInstance;
};

/////////////////////////
MySingleton.cpp
/////////////////////////

#include "StdAfx.h"
#include "MySingleton.h"

template<class T> T* CSingleton<T>::m_pInstance=NULL;
template<class T> T* CSingleton<T>::GetInstance()
{
   if(!m_pInstance)
   m_pInstance = new T;

   assert(m_pInstance !=NULL);

   return m_pInstance;
}

/////////////////////////
Driver.h
/////////////////////////

class CDriver
{
public:
   CDriver(void);
   ~CDriver(void);

   int GetData();

private:
   int m_nData;
};

/////////////////////////
Driver.cpp
/////////////////////////

#include "StdAfx.h"
#include "Driver.h"

CDriver::CDriver(void):
   m_nData(100)
{
}

CDriver::~CDriver(void)
{
}

int CDriver::GetData()
{
   return m_nData;
}

In my MFC dialog button routine:

void CMyDlg::OnBnClickedButtonSingleton()
{
   int n = 1;
   CDriver *pDriver = CSingleton<CDriver>::GetInstance();
   n = pDriver->GetData();
}

When I try to build it in studio 2010, I got link error:

MyDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: static
class CDriver * __cdecl CSingleton<class
CDriver>::GetInstance(void)" (?GetInstance@?
$CSingleton@VCDriver@@@@SAPAVCDriver@@XZ) referenced in function
"public: void __thiscall
CBoostDlg::OnBnClickedButtonSingleton(void)" (?
OnBnClickedButtonSingleton@CBoostDlg@@QAEXXZ)
C:\Temp\Studio 2010\TestDlg\Debug\Test.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1
unresolved externals

What is wrong?


Move the code in MySingleton.cpp into MySingleton.h and delete
MySingleton.cpp that should fix it.

By having template code in a different TU you are not instantiating it.

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Thank you. I forgot it :(

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