Creational Design Patterns

The singleton design pattern deals with one and only one instance of an object that encapsulates the control of the object from a common place.

Creational Design Patterns

Creational Design Patterns

       

 
  1. Singleton Pattern
    The singleton design pattern deals with one and only one instance of an object that encapsulates the control of the object from a common place. There are various ways of achieving this pattern.

Benefits:
Singleton pattern controls access to unique instances, reduce name space, permits a variable number of instances, allows refinement of operations and representations, and provides more flexibility than class operations.

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