src/python/m5/util.py

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# Authors: Steve Reinhardt
#          Nathan Binkert

#############################
#
# Utility classes & methods
#
#############################

class Singleton(type):
    def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
        if hasattr(cls, '_instance'):
            return cls._instance

        cls._instance = super(Singleton, cls).__call__(*args, **kwargs)
        return cls._instance

# Apply method to object.
# applyMethod(obj, 'meth', <args>) is equivalent to obj.meth(<args>)
def applyMethod(obj, meth, *args, **kwargs):
    return getattr(obj, meth)(*args, **kwargs)

# If the first argument is an (non-sequence) object, apply the named
# method with the given arguments.  If the first argument is a
# sequence, apply the method to each element of the sequence (a la
# 'map').
def applyOrMap(objOrSeq, meth, *args, **kwargs):
    if not isinstance(objOrSeq, (list, tuple)):
        return applyMethod(objOrSeq, meth, *args, **kwargs)
    else:
        return [applyMethod(o, meth, *args, **kwargs) for o in objOrSeq]