Wednesday 26 November 2014

Objective-C iOS/ iPhone: Create thread safe singleton reference object

// Thread safe option, always keeps a single object
// dispatch_once is used as  critical section for multiple thread
+ (instancetype)sharedManager
{
    static PhotoManager *sharedPhotoManager = nil;
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        sharedPhotoManager = [[PhotoManager alloc] init];
        sharedPhotoManager->_photosArray = [NSMutableArray array];
    });
    return sharedPhotoManager;
}

// Thread unsafe option, which is usually we used
+ (instancetype)sharedManager    
{
    static PhotoManager *sharedPhotoManager = nil;
    if (!sharedPhotoManager) {
        sharedPhotoManager = [[PhotoManager alloc] init];
        sharedPhotoManager->_photosArray = [NSMutableArray array];
    }
    return sharedPhotoManager;
}

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