Source code for taurex.cache.singleton

"""Just contains a singleton class. Pretty useful."""




class Singleton:
    """A singleton for your usage.

    When inheriting do not implement __init__ instead override :func:`init`.
    """

    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwds):
        """Create a singleton class."""
        it = cls.__dict__.get("__it__")
        if it is not None:
            return it
        cls.__it__ = it = object.__new__(cls)
        it.init(*args, **kwds)
        return it



    def init(self, *args, **kwds):
        """Override to act as an init."""
        pass


    def __call__(self, *args, **kwds):
        """Call the singleton class."""
        return self