# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods

import dictdatabase as DDB
from config.db_settings import DatabaseSettings

class IsSingletonException(Exception):
    pass

class Database:
    """
    This is a singleton that can be accessed using get_instance()
    """
    __instance = None
    db = DDB
    db.config.storage_directory = DatabaseSettings.DATABASE_DIRECTORY

    @staticmethod
    def get_instance():
        if Database.__instance is None:
            Database()
        return Database.__instance

    def __init__(self):
        if Database.__instance is not None:
            raise IsSingletonException("This class is a singleton")
        Database.__instance = self