Singleton Pattern
Dosed by Vivekasundaram M – M & E Team (from MphasiS Software Services)
What is Singleton?
A design pattern is a general solution to a common problem in software design.
A design pattern isn't a finished design that can be transformed directly into
code; it is a description or template for how to solve a problem that can be
used in many different situations.
One of these design patterns is called the Singleton can be described as, the
variables and functions are locked up inside a class and access restricted to
it by implementing a single point of access i.e. ensure a class has only one
instance and provide a global point of access to it. It is achieved by only
creating a new instance the first time it is referenced, and thereafter it
simply returns the handle to the existing instance.
What is its usefulness?
Singletons are often preferred to global variables because consume less
resources compared to that of global variables. The use of widely known design
patterns within the context of an application is definitely a common method for
tackling many problems inherent in web development.
A scenario which developers are frequently confronted with: One object is
needed across an application by other objects for doing their work.
To cite a common case, a single instance of a database connection object is
required by different objects within an application for it to have database
connectivity within their scope. Normally, in this situation, it's best to have
a single instance of the required object for accessing within the application,
instead of having multiple instances of it. Singleton pattern is a solution to
it.
Further References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern
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