Source code for shinken.singleton

#!/usr/bin/env python

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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[docs]class Singleton(type):
    """The classic Singleton class. So all instance of this class will be the same
    instance in fact.

    """

    def __init__(cls, name, bases, dict):
        super(Singleton, cls).__init__(name, bases, dict)
        cls.instance = None

    def __call__(cls, *args, **kw):
        if cls.instance is None:
            cls.instance = super(Singleton, cls).__call__(*args, **kw)
            return cls.instance