On 2 February 2013 21:20, Simone Tripodi <[email protected]> wrote: >> As far as I know, it is not vital for there to be a single instance >> for OpenRDF URIs, as equality for URIs is not object equality. >> Therefore, it should not matter whether there are two or more copies >> of the "instance" available as equality is preserved for the multiple >> objects that would be created. >> > > so what's the advantage to have such `getInstance()` method? just make > the constructor public and instantiate it :)
I only use premade/late-bound-single instances for performance benefits myself, so it could just be that. Not sure why they constructor could not be public in this case. Cheers, Peter
