Re: Singletons?

From:
Ian Shef <invalid@avoiding.spam>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:00:33 GMT
Message-ID:
<Xns97E18456570CFvaj4088ianshef@138.126.254.210>
"Oliver Wong" <owong@castortech.com> wrote in
news:sBEjg.36081$771.3184@edtnps89:

<snip>

FWIW, here's how I
usually implement Singleton in Java:

public class Variant1 {
  private static Variant1 soleInstance = null;

  private Variant1() {
    /*You should declare all your constructors private, to avoid
instantiation. If you don't have any constructors, then create an empty,
zero argument, private constructor like this one.*/
  }

  public static Variant1 getSoleInstance() {
    if (soleInstance == null) {
      soleInstance = new Variant1();
    }
    return soleInstance;
  }


Are you operating in a single thread environment only? Where is your
synchronization? Two threads can call getSoleInstance concurrently, and
end up with different instances of Variant1. See
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/singletons/

  private Object instanceFields;
  public void instanceMethods() {
  }
}

public class Variant2 {
  private final static Variant2 soleInstance = new Variant2();

  private Variant2() {
    /*Ditto*/
  }

  public static Variant2 getSoleInstance() {
    return soleInstance;
  }

  private Object instanceFields;
  public void instanceMethods() {
  }
}

    - Oliver


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