Could you explain how you mean not good testability for static classes? I've had a lot of luck testing them in a TDD environment (or at least creating tests for them in a CI environment).
Thanks, Shawn Wildermuth Wildermuth Consulting Services, LLC http://adoguy.com C# MVP, MCSD.NET, Author and Speaker > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Wilson > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 9:41 PM > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Singleton vs. Static Classes > > I like the singleton pattern, but not singleton classes nor > static classes. > The latter do not lend to good testability in TDD. > > The singleton pattern, when implemented with something like > DI or the registry pattern, does give good testability. > > On 7/17/06, Shawn Wildermuth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In much of the past five years, I have created a number of static > > classes to handle processing-only functionality. I end of hearing > > objections to using a static class, where others might > prefer to use a > > singleton. As far as I can tell, a singleton and a static class are > > close to identical though the singleton class tend to have more > > plumbing and make it easier to save state (which I am generally > > opposed to). What are the opinions about the best > practices of Static > > classes versus singletons? Generally I am talking about > classes that > > do not have state so problems like cross AppDomain instancing or > > Remoted instances never come into view, but I am open to views that > > take those into account as well. > > > > -- > Brad Wilson > http://www.agileprogrammer.com/dotnetguy/ > > "Constraints are liberating." > - David Heinemeier Hansson (author of Ruby on Rails) > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
