Design

Design Patterns
Patterns
CE00362-3
CT070-3-3

Creational Pattern
Introduction & Overview
Singleton

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 Learning Outcomes

At the end of this session, you should be

able to;

Describe benefits of Singleton pattern

Recognise and apply Singleton pattern
given a scenario

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 Design Pattern -Template

Name: A Pattern should be given an appropriate name that

describes the concept described by the pattern.

Problem: This is the statement that describe the intent of the

patent. It identifies and describes the objective that the pattern
seeks to achieve within specified pre-condition and constraints.

Context: It refers to the precondition under which the problem

seems to occur repeatedly.

Forces: Constraints addressed by the solution.

Solution :Solution must resolve all the forces in the given

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 Singleton
Name: Singleton
Problem :
How can a class be designated such that it must
compulsorily have one instance and the identifier of
the instance should be accessed globally with in the
application
Context: Although there can be many printers in a
system, there should be only one printer spooler. How
do we ensure that a class has only one instance and
that the instance is easily accessible?

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 Description - Singleton

Forces:
One solution to the above task is to make the
object a global variable, but that is not a
good solution since it violates encapsulation

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 Definition - Singleton

Solution :

Create a class with private constructor and static

method to create instance for the class.

When the class is first accessed ,an object is

created ,its identifier is stored in a class variable.

If the class is subsequently accessed ,no other

object is created. But the identifier of the object
created during first invocation is returned.

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 Singleton -Description

The mechanics of Singleton are more

memorable than its intent.
It is easier to explain how to ensure that a class
has only one instance than it is to say why you
might want this restriction.
Classified under creational pattern since it
creates object.

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 Singleton Example

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 How to Instantiate?

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 Company.java (Contd)

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 Main program to test the
singleton

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 Result-Singleton

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 Summary

Ensure that a class has only one instance,

And provide a global point of access to it.
Regardless of the mechanics, the value of
Singleton lies in centralizing authority in a
single object.

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 Question and Answer Session

Q&A

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 References

Steven John Metsker, Design Patterns Java

Workbook, Addison Wesley

Erich Gamma et. al., Design Patterns

Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented
Software, Addison Wesley

Mahesh.P.Matha ,Obejct Oriented Analysis

and Design,Eastern Economy Edition.

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