### USING __new__
class Singleton(object):
def __new__(cls, *args, **kw):
if not hasattr(cls, '_instance'):
orig = super(Singleton, cls)
cls._instance = orig.__new__(cls, *args, **kw)
return cls._instance
class MyClass(Singleton):
a = 1
one = MyClass()
two = MyClass()
two.a = 3
print one.a
#3
print id(one)
#29097904
print id(two)
#29097904
print one == two
#True
print one is two
#True
## USING __metaclass__
class Singleton2(type):
def __init__(cls, name, bases, dict):
super(Singleton2, cls).__init__(name, bases, dict)
cls._instance = None
def __call__(cls, *args, **kw):
if cls._instance is None:
cls._instance = super(Singleton2, cls).__call__(*args, **kw)
return cls._instance
class MyClass2(object):
__metaclass__ = Singleton2
one = MyClass2()
two = MyClass2()
two.a = 3
print one.a
#3
print id(one)
#31495472
print id(two)
#31495472
print one == two
#True
print one is two
#True
## USING DECORATOR
def singleton(cls, *args, **kw):
instances = {}
def _singleton(*args, **kw):
if cls not in instances:
instances[cls] = cls(*args, **kw)
return instances[cls]
return _singleton
@singleton
class MyClass3(object):
a = 1
def __init__(self, x=0):
self.x = x
one = MyClass3()
two = MyClass3()
two.a = 3
print one.a
#3
print id(one)
#29660784
print id(two)
#29660784
print one == two
#True
print one is two
#True
one.x = 1
print one.x
#1
print two.x
#1