Re: Singletons?
Mark Space wrote:
Andrew McDonagh wrote:
Another question would be: What can I do instead of using Singletons?
Right. I'm already thinking that I don't need (or want) to make the
anAPI class into a singleton. First, unlike C++ where I could still
take a reference to a singleton object, I can't in Java. So allowing
object creation (really just a reference in Java) might actually be
useful for anAPI.
Are you using the words "singleton" and/or "reference" in
some peculiar way, possibly specific to C++? In Java, you can
make as many references as you please to an object, singleton
or otherwise:
public class Lonesome {
private static final Lonesome thing = new Lonesome();
private Lonesome() {}
public static Lonesome getInstance() {
return thing;
}
}
...
Lonesome trail = Lonesome.getInstance();
Lonesome cowboy = Lonesome.getInstance();
Lonesome star = Lonesome.getInstance();
...
Maybe if you'd take a step back and describe the problem you
want to solve instead of describing the techniques you're trying
to use to solve it, somebody might be able to offer better advice.
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