Re: single class instance question

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Alan Baljeu <alanbaljeu-/[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This is called the singleton pattern. Details depend on the language, but you should be able to Google that.
>

If my experience is an indicator, after you use the singleton pattern
for a while, you will grow to hate it. I could write a treatise, but
you would be better off googling "singletons are evil" and reading
(with a grain of salt, of course) what other people have already said.

In my opinion, the remedy to the singleton pattern (and what you
really want for your scenario) is an inversion of control container. I
recommend Castle Windsor, but there are others. It might be a bigger
bite than you wish to chew at the moment, but tuck it away in your
memory for the day you are looking at your code and ruing the day you
learned the singleton pattern.


Regards,

--Stuart