Utils::GuardedObject Class

template <typename T> class Utils::GuardedObject

The GuardedObject class owns a heap-allocated object and deletes it when the shutdown guard is destroyed. More...

Header: #include <shutdownguard.h>

Detailed Description

This is the preferred way to hold a process-lifetime singleton, as it avoids a manual shutdownGuard() connection. Typically used as a function-local static:

MyThing &myThing()
{
    static GuardedObject<MyThing> theMyThing; // created on first use,
    return *theMyThing;                       // deleted at shutdown
}

Construct it from constructor arguments (as above) or from an existing object pointer (GuardedObject<MyThing>{new MyThing(...)}).

See also Utils::shutdownGuard().

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