Dancer::Object::Singleton(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			    Dancer::Object::Singleton(3pm)

NAME

       Dancer::Object::Singleton - Singleton base class for Dancer

SYNOPSIS

	   package My::Dancer::Extension;

	   use strict;
	   use warnings;
	   use base 'Dancer::Object::Singleton';

	   __PACKAGE__->attributes( qw/name value this that/ );

	   sub init {
	       my ($class, $instance) = @_;
	       # our initialization code, if we need one
	   }

	   # .. later on ..

	   # returns the unique instance
	   my $singleton_intance = My::Dancer::Extension->instance();

DESCRIPTION

       Dancer::Object::Singleton is meantto be used instead of Dancer::Object, if you want your object to be a singleton, that is, a class that
       has only one instance in the application.

       It provides you with attributes and an initializer.

METHODS

   instance
       Returns the instance of the singleton. The instance is created only when needed. The creation will call the "init()" method, which you
       should implement.

   init
       Exists but does nothing. This is so you won't have to write an initializer if you don't want to. init receives the instance as argument.

   get_attributes
       Get the attributes of the specific class.

   attributes
       Generates attributes for whatever object is extending Dancer::Object and saves them in an internal hashref so they can be later fetched
       using "get_attributes".

AUTHOR

       Damien Krotkine

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2010 Damien Krotkine.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as
       published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

       See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.

perl v5.14.2							    2011-11-30					    Dancer::Object::Singleton(3pm)