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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_UTILS_SINGLETON_H
+#define ANDROID_UTILS_SINGLETON_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <utils/threads.h>
+
+namespace android {
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+template <typename TYPE>
+class Singleton
+{
+public:
+    static TYPE& getInstance() {
+        Mutex::Autolock _l(sLock);
+        TYPE* instance = sInstance;
+        if (instance == 0) {
+            instance = new TYPE();
+            sInstance = instance;
+        }
+        return *instance;
+    }
+    
+protected:
+    ~Singleton() { };
+    Singleton() { };
+
+private:
+    Singleton(const Singleton&);
+    Singleton& operator = (const Singleton&);
+    static Mutex sLock;
+    static TYPE* sInstance;
+};
+
+template<class TYPE> Mutex Singleton<TYPE>::sLock; 
+template<class TYPE> TYPE* Singleton<TYPE>::sInstance(0); 
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_UTILS_SINGLETON_H
+