Source code for cobra.core.singleton
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Define the singleton meta class."""
from __future__ import absolute_import
[docs]class Singleton(type):
"""Implementation of the singleton pattern as a meta class."""
[docs] def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
"""Override an inheriting class' call."""
if cls not in cls._instances:
cls._instances[cls] = super(Singleton, cls).__call__(*args, **kwargs)
return cls._instances[cls]