Static Parameter Class

The problem:

My Solution:

My example has all of the thread synchronization removed for clarity, also I used only the Standard Template Library objects to make this class portable.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

#include "Parameters.h"

void main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  //**************************************************************
  //* The parameters are accessed without an instance of the class
  //**************************************************************
	cout << "Name: " << CParameters::getName().c_str() << endl;
	cout << "Version " << CParameters::getVersion() << endl;
}

The Header File:

class CParameters
{
public:
	static string getName();
	static int getVersion();
	static void load(string fileName);
	virtual ~CParameters();
private:
	CParameters();
	static string m_ProgramName;
	static int m_Version;
	static CParameters instance;
};

The .cpp File

#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

#include "Parameters.h"

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Construction/Destruction
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//**************************************************************
//* Here I set default values to my static variables
//**************************************************************
string CParameters::m_ProgramName = "Undefined";
int CParameters::m_Version = 0;

//**************************************************************
//* Here I invoke my constructor and load my variables
//**************************************************************
CParameters CParameters::instance = CParameters();

//**************************************************************
//* Since this is a private method it can only be invoked by the 
//* previous line
//**************************************************************
CParameters::CParameters()
{
	load("default.dat");
}

//**************************************************************
//* No cleanup required since we didn't make anything on the heap
//**************************************************************
CParameters::~CParameters()
{

}

//**************************************************************
//* I put this in to change the values after the program has 
//* started.  Mind you in my case this was unnecessary.
//**************************************************************
void CParameters::load(string fileName)
{
	// Open the parameters file
  ifstream in(fileName.c_str(), ios::in); 

	// Did it open?
  if (in)                                 
	{
		// Yes, load up our data
    in >> m_Version >> m_ProgramName;   

		// now, close the file
    in.close();                         
	}
}

//**************************************************************
//* Access methods incase you don't want to make your static 
//* variable public
//**************************************************************
int CParameters::getVersion()
{
	return m_Version;
}

string CParameters::getName()
{
	return m_ProgramName.c_str();
}

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