Singletons and Swing

From:
Jason Cavett <jason.cavett@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.java.gui
Date:
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:20:53 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<0a12ac8a-5aff-411b-8934-f855022e5466@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>
I am attempting to design a menu system for an application I am
writing. In it, I want an InsertMenu that exists within multiple
different menus. Currently, I am attempting to do this by making the
InsertMenu a singleton. This is causing a weird issue.

I currently have two menus that hold the InsertMenu - a MainMenu and a
TreePopupMenu. The InsertMenu should be contained within both of
those. However, it seems as though it can only be in one menu at a
time. For example, if the TreePopupMenu has been created (which
happens after I've opened up a new project), the InsertMenu completely
disappears (with no errors or warnings) from the MainMenu.

Is it possible to accomplish what I'm trying to do?

Here is how I am creating my InsertMenu singleton. Could this be the
problem? Thanks.

/**
 * This method initializes
 *
 */
private InsertMenu() {
 super("Insert New...");
 initialize();
}

/**
 * Provides access to the InsertMenu singleton.
 */
private static class InsertMenuHolder {
 private static InsertMenu menu = new InsertMenu();
}

/**
 * Provides access to the InsertMenu singleton from outside the
InsertMenu.
 *
 * @return the insert menu
 */
public static InsertMenu getInstance() {
    return InsertMenuHolder.menu;
}

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