renamed package to pypattyrn

pypattyrn/creational/singleton.py

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+class Singleton(type):
+    """
+    Singleton Metaclass.
+
+    Enforces any object using this metaclass to only create a single instance.
+
+    - External Usage documentation: U{https://github.com/tylerlaberge/PyPatterns/wiki/Creational-Pattern-Usage}
+    - External Singleton Pattern documentation: U{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern}
+    """
+    __instance = None
+
+    def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Override the __call__ method to make sure only one instance is created.
+        """
+        if cls.__instance is None:
+            cls.__instance = type.__call__(cls, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        return cls.__instance