Second attempt at deriving application from a singleton

game/src/game.cpp

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 class Game : public Inferno::Application
 {
 public:
-	Game() {}
+	Game() : Application({}) {}
 	~Game() {}
 };
 
-Inferno::Application* Inferno::createApplication()
+Inferno::Application& Inferno::createApplication()
 {
-	return new Game();
+	Game::initialize();
+	return Game::the();
 }

inferno/src/inferno/application.cpp

@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@
 
 namespace Inferno {
 
-	Application* Application::s_instance = nullptr;
+	Application::Application(s)
-
-	Application::Application()
 	{
-		ASSERT(!s_instance, "Application already exists!");
+		// Set singleton instance early
 		s_instance = this;
 
 		// Initialize

inferno/src/inferno/application.h

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include <memory> // std::unique_ptr, std::shared_ptr
 
+#include "inferno/singleton.h"
+
 namespace Inferno {
 
 	class Event;
@@ -14,9 +16,9 @@ namespace Inferno {
 	class WindowCloseEvent;
 	class WindowResizeEvent;
 
-	class Application {
+	class Application : public Singleton<Application> {
 	public:
-		Application();
+		Application(s);
 		virtual ~Application();
 
 		int run();
@@ -31,8 +33,6 @@ namespace Inferno {
 
 		inline Window& getWindow() const { return *m_window; }
 
-		static inline Application& the() { return *s_instance; }
-
 	private:
 		int m_status { 0 };
 		float m_lastFrameTime { 0.0f };
@@ -42,12 +42,11 @@ namespace Inferno {
 
 		//
 		std::shared_ptr<Font> m_font;
-
+		//
-		static Application* s_instance;
 	};
 
 	// To be defined in the game
-	extern Application* createApplication();
+	extern Application& createApplication();
 
 }
 

inferno/src/inferno/entrypoint.h

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	(void)argc;
 	(void)argv;
 
-	auto app = Inferno::createApplication();
+	auto& app = Inferno::createApplication();
 
-	int status = app->run();
+	int status = app.run();
 
-	delete app;
+	app.destroy();
 
 	return status;
 }

inferno/src/inferno/singleton.h

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#ifndef SINGLETON_H
+#define SINGLETON_H
+
+#include "inferno/assert.h"
+
+namespace Inferno {
+
+	template<typename T>
+	class Singleton {
+		// Application is allowed to access its Singleton instance for early setting
+		friend class Application;
+
+	public:
+		static inline void initialize()
+		{
+			ASSERT(!s_instance, "Singleton already exists!");
+			s_instance = new T { s {} };
+		}
+
+		static inline void destroy()
+		{
+			ASSERT(s_instance, "Singleton does not exist!");
+			delete s_instance;
+			s_instance = nullptr;
+		}
+
+		static inline T& the()
+		{
+			ASSERT(s_instance, "Singleton does not exist!");
+			return *s_instance;
+		}
+
+		// Remove copy constructor and copy assignment operator
+		Singleton(const Singleton&) = delete;
+		Singleton& operator=(const Singleton&) = delete;
+		Singleton(Singleton&&) = delete;
+		Singleton& operator=(Singleton&&) = delete;
+
+	protected:
+		Singleton() {}
+
+		// Constructor token
+		struct s {};
+
+	private:
+		static T* s_instance;
+	};
+
+	template<typename T>
+	T* Singleton<T>::s_instance = nullptr;
+
+} // namespace Inferno
+
+
+#endif // SINGLETON_H