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!
> 
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