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Singleton Pattern: Bryan Hansen

The Singleton pattern ensures that only one instance of a class is created. It provides a global point of access to the instance and guarantees thread safety. Examples include runtime environments, loggers, and graphic managers. The class controls its own lifecycle and is implemented as a private constructor with a static method to retrieve the sole instance. While useful, singletons should not be overused as they can be difficult to test and confuse responsibilities.

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Singleton Pattern: Bryan Hansen

The Singleton pattern ensures that only one instance of a class is created. It provides a global point of access to the instance and guarantees thread safety. Examples include runtime environments, loggers, and graphic managers. The class controls its own lifecycle and is implemented as a private constructor with a static method to retrieve the sole instance. While useful, singletons should not be overused as they can be difficult to test and confuse responsibilities.

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Singleton Pattern

Bryan Hansen
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Concepts
▪ Only one instance created
▪ Guarantees control of a resource
▪ Lazily loaded
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▪ Examples: placeholder or click
▪ Runtime icon to add a graphic
▪ Logger
▪ Spring Beans
▪ Graphic Managers
Design

Class is responsible for lifecycle


Static in nature
Needs to be thread safe
Private instance
Private constructor
No parameters required for construction
Everyday Example - Runtime Env
Runtime  singletonRuntime  =  Runtime.getRuntime();  

singletonRuntime.gc();  
     
System.out.println(singletonRuntime);  
     
Runtime  anotherInstance  =  Runtime.getRuntime();  
     
System.out.println(anotherInstance);  
     
if(singletonRuntime  ==  anotherInstance)  {  
  System.out.println(“They  are  the  same  instance”);  
}
Exercise Singleton

Create Singleton
Demonstrate only one instance
created
Lazy Loaded
Thread safe operation
Pitfalls
▪ Often overused
▪ Difficult to unit test
▪ If not careful, not thread-safe
▪ Sometimes confused for Factory
▪ java.util.Calendar is NOT a Singleton
▪ Prototype
Contrast

Singleton Factory
▪ Returns same instance ▪ Returns various instances
▪ One constructor method - no ▪ Multiple constructors
args ▪ Interface driven
▪ No Interface ▪ Adaptable to environment more
easily
Singleton Summary

• Guarantee one instance


• Easy to implement
• Solves a well defined problem
• Don’t abuse it

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