Hi, Firstly, I'm assuming the more information button is the only location which triggers displaying/redisplaying.
if thats the case I would just store the instance of your class in a property and make sure it will be created only once. You can accomplish this by simply overwriting the getter method like this: -(your class) foo { if (!_foo) { _foo = [[yourclass alloc]init]; } return _foo; } be careful about mem managment. above is good for a retain property! best regards, oliver Von meinem iPhone gesendet Am 14.03.2013 um 19:22 schrieb Pax <45rpmli...@googlemail.com>: > I don't really know how to describe what I'm trying to do except as a > 'Pseudo' Singleton. I have a class with an NSWindow, which displays > information. It is run by selecting an NSMenuItem called 'More Information…' > > My issue is that I only want one instance of the Information class to be > loaded at a given time (and therefore only one information window on screen > at a given time). If the information window is already loaded and it is then > reselected from the menu then the existing window needs to be brought to the > front - nothing more. > > I have currently resolved it by making my class a singleton - but that's not > the right answer because it means that I can't release information window and > its class when it gets closed, resulting in a minor leak (only minor because, > as a singleton, the instance is only ever loaded once anyway). Even so, this > is one leak too many - and I'be grateful if someone could tell me the correct > way to do what I am trying to do. > > Currently, I am setting to be a singleton as follows: > > static informationWindow *singletonManager = nil; > > @implementation informationWindow > > //Code to handle singleton > + (id)singleton > { > @synchronized(self) > { > if(singletonManager == nil) > singletonManager = [[super allocWithZone:NULL] init]; > } > return singletonManager; > } > > + (id)allocWithZone:(NSZone *)zone > { > return [[self singleton] retain]; > } > > - (id)copyWithZone:(NSZone *)zone > { > return self; > } > > - (id)retain > { > return self; > } > > - (unsigned)retainCount > { > return UINT_MAX; > } > > - (oneway void)release > { > > } > > - (id)autorelease > { > return self; > } > > > I'm not using ARC. All suggestions gratefully received! > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/info%40entwicklerfuchs.de > > This email sent to i...@entwicklerfuchs.de _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com