Re: Question about singleton
On Oct 18, 1:16 am, Uday Bidkar <uday.bid...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Oct 18, 11:48 am, Jack <junw2...@gmail.com> wrote:
If class A is a singleton, class B inherits class A,
class B : public class A
Is class B also a singleton?
Thanks.
Jack
It depends on how singleton pattern is implemented in class A. I guess
if the constructor of A is made private, then you wont be able to
initialize even a single object of B and if its protected, you can
implement B as singleton and non-singleton as well as you would be
able to call A's constructo from that of B.
How about this implementation:
class A{
public:
virtual A* getinstance()
{
if(ptr_A == NULL)
ptr_A = new A;
return ptr_A;
}
protected:
A():ptr_A(NULL){}
private:
A* ptr_A;
};
class B : public class A
{
public:
A* getinstance()
{
if(ptr_B == NULL)
ptr_B = new B;
return ptr_B;
}
protected:
B(): ptr_B(NULL),A(NULL){}
private:
B* ptr_B;
};
Thanks.
Jack
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