Re: Updates to a single class instance

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:16:53 -0400
Message-ID:
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unlikeablePorpoise@gmail.com wrote:

Thanks for your replies.


Simply to avoid top-posting will indicate thanks.

package org.collector;


Are you an org, named "collector"?

The org domain implies non-profit organizations.

public class Collector{

    private Collector() {}

    private static Collector ref;

    public static synchronized Collector getCollectorObject()

Since everything in Java is an object, having "Object" in your method name is
redundant.

     {
        if(ref == null)

This is overuse of lazy initialization.

Just establish the object in the class initializer.

         {
            System.out.println("ref is null");
            ref = new Collector();
        }
        else
        {
            System.out.println("ref exists");
        }

        return ref;
    }
}

When I call 'Collector col = Collector.getCollectorObject();' twice in
two different classes, it returns "ref is null". However, if I do this
twice in the same class method, ie


I don't know exactly why this happens, but I bet you'll get rid of the problem
altogether like this

public class Collector
{
   private Collector()
   {
   }
   private static final Collector UNIQUE = new Collector();
   // this has the advantage of making the variable non-replaceable
   // and eliminating the need for synchronization

   public static Collector getCollector()
   {
     return UNIQUE;
   }
}

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Lew

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