Utils::GuardedObject Class

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(...)}).