Re: initialization of static utility class problem

From:
"puzzlecracker" <ironsel2000@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
19 Aug 2006 07:59:21 -0700
Message-ID:
<1155999561.718023.322900@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>
Soren Kuula wrote:

puzzlecracker wrote:

Why all static, rather than singleton?


I want users to either use this class without any initialization:

UtilityClass.oper1()


Can't you do something like:

class MyUtils {
private static boolean alreadyDecidedWhatToDoAboutInitialization;

private static void init() {
if (!alreadyDecidedWhatToDoAboutInitialization) {
alreadyDecidedWhatToDoAboutInitialization = true;
computePlanForSolvingWorldEnergyProblems(OtherClass.something);
saveTheWhales();
//...
}
}

public Type1 DoStuff1(Type2 t) {
init();
BlaBlah(t);
//more
}

public Type3 DoStuff1(Type3 t) {
init();
BlaBlahBlah(t);
//more
}
}

It's fairly standard. .. the call to init() when the if-test eval to
false takes almost no time.

BTW, it is not a "static class" -- just a class without any instance
members / methods. A static class is a class nested inside another
class, and declared static.

Soren


That is what I have. I was wondering whether another, more elegent, but
with the same net effect solution exists

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