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NAME

Test::Singleton - Test for Singleton classes

SYNOPSIS

    use Test::More tests => 1;
    use Test::Singleton;
    is_singleton( "Some::Class", "new", "instance" );

DESCRIPTION

** If you are unfamiliar with testing read Test::Tutorial first! **

This is asimple, basic module for checking whether a class is a Singleton. A Singleton describes an object class that can have only one instance in any system. An example of a Singleton might be a print spooler or system registry, or any kind of central dispatcher.

For a description and discussion of the Singleton class, see "Design Patterns", Gamma et al, Addison-Wesley, 1995, ISBN 0-201-63361-2.

SEE ALSO

Class::Singleton

Implementation of a "Singleton" class.

Test::Harness

Interprets the output of your test program.

AUTHOR

Toni Prug <toni@irational.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2006. Toni Prug. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

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