Singleton
| Singleton | |
| Contributors | Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides |
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| Last modification | May 5, 2017 |
| Source | Gamma, Helm, Johnson & Vlissides (1995)[1], Singleton Pattern (2016)[2] |
| Pattern formats | OPR Alexandrian |
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If a system only needs one instance of a class, and that instance needs to be accessible in many different parts of a system, you control both instantiation and access by making that class a singleton.[1][2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gamma, E., Helm, R., Johnson, R. & Vlissides, J. (1995). Design Patterns: elements of reusable object-oriented software. Addison-Wesley: Boston, MA. ISBN 0-201-63361-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Singleton Pattern. (2016). Retrieved October 4, 2016 from http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SingletonPattern.