Ensure that only one instance of a class gets run

Question

I have an underlying class which I want to place in some code. I only want it to be instantiated or started once for a given app although it might be called many times.. The problem with the code below is that LowClass is started over and over again. I only want it to start once per test..

import logging

class LowClass:

    active = False

    def __init__(self):
        self.log = logging.getLogger()
        self.log.debug("Init %s" % self.__class__.__name__)
        if self.active:
            return
        else:
            self.active = True
        self.log.debug("Now active!")

class A:
    def __init__(self):
        self.log = logging.getLogger()
        self.log.debug("Init %s" % self.__class__.__name__)
        self.lowclass = LowClass()

class B:
    def __init__(self):
        self.log = logging.getLogger()
        self.log.debug("Init %s" % self.__class__.__name__)
        self.lowclass = LowClass()

class C:
    def __init__(self):
        self.log = logging.getLogger()
        self.log.debug("Init %s" % self.__class__.__name__)
        self.a = A()
        self.b = B()


class ATests(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        pass

    def testOne(self):
        a = A()
        b = B()

    def testTwo(self):
        c = C()

Thanks for pointing out my problem!!

Answer 1

See singleton in python.