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.. currentmodule:: PySide6.QtQml
.. py:decorator:: QmlSingleton

Declares the decorated type to be a singleton in QML. This only takes effect if
the type is a QObject and is available in QML (by having a QmlElement decorator).
The QQmlEngine will try to create a singleton instance using the type's default
constructor.

.. code-block:: python

    QML_IMPORT_NAME = "com.library.name"
    QML_IMPORT_MAJOR_VERSION = 1
    QML_IMPORT_MINOR_VERSION = 0 # Optional

    @QmlElement
    @QmlSingleton
    class ClassForQml(QObject):
        ...

It is also possible to use a static ``create()`` method which receives
the engine as a parameter:

.. code-block:: python

    @QmlElement
    @QmlSingleton
    class ClassForQml(QObject):

        @staticmethod
        def create(engine):
            ...

.. note:: The order of the decorators matters; ``QmlSingleton`` needs to be preceded by ``QmlElement``.