Methods related to using of the singleton design pattern.
Questions tagged [singleton-methods]
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Defining singleton methods
The following code is from the book Exceptional Ruby:
starts_with_a = Object.new
def starts_with_a. ===(e)
/^A/ =~ e.name
end
If I comment out the first line where a new object is assigned to starts_with_a, then I get this error:
`':…

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Coin Flip Statistics Program - undefined method
I'm trying to write a coin flip program where I can analyze the percentage of Heads flipped. I've gotten coin flip to work, just not the actually analyzing yet.
The problem is when I created a Coin class in order to further break down the object…

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Preventing a function from running multiple times in JavaScript
I'm working with some code that does this:
var _init = false;
this.init = function(){
if(_init)
return;
else
_init = true;
// Do a bunch of stuff here
}
It seems to me that there is a tiny race condition there that…

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Is there any way to access the Parent object whom called a singleton method?
Given the following functional snippet I'm having trouble reducing the database queries:
class User < ApplicationRecord
belongs_to :account
def self.do_something
self.find_each do |user|
puts "#{self.new.account.name}:#{user.name} did…

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Can clone object have same scope in singleton pattern?
In my case, I created a singleton object check below-
class Foo {
private static $obj = null;
public static function create_obj () {
if (self::$obj === null) {
self::$obj = new self;
}
return…

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Turn Employee Data List Into Singleton Class App
I have made an list employee data app in C# with functions like AddEmployee, DeleteEmployee, SearchEmployee. I would like to make the same program, but using Singleton design pattern. I know the structure of Singleton, but I messed up with making…

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Ruby: Singleton method of an instance variable inside a class
I am taking ruby-kickstart (Josh Cheek) challenges and even though I managed to pass all the test there is one thing I cannot understand.
In the exercise you are being asked to override the << method for an instance variable. Specifically here is…

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Java - Infinity Loop Singleton class method call
I've a question about singleton class. When I call method next(), I expect that mProcessIndex will be increased but in reality, it won't so it causes stackoverflow error. So, the question is what is correct way to modify mProcessIndex value?
Code…

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Is it okay to have extra static methods in a singleton class?
I have written a singleton class (in objective-C) with methods:
//shared instance
+(void) sharedInstance;
//method to get all feeds.
-(NSArray*)getAllFeedItems;
So to use this I have to call [[MyClass sharedInstance] getAllFeedItems];
Now instead…

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ruby hash within hash and a singleton method- cant access instance variable
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# this is the data I have
@data = {
:student => {
:id => '123477',
:first_name => 'Lazlo',
:last_name =>'Fortunatus',
:email=>'Lazlo@fortunatus.org'
},
:contact_info => {
:telephone=>'1 415 222-2222',
…

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Is it bad to wrap singleton instance methods in static methods?
Is there a con to implementing a singleton that wraps instance methods with static ones?
For example:
public void DoStuff() { instance._DoStuff(); }
private void _DoStuff() {
...
}
And of course instance would be static. But it…

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how to maintain connection(created in singleton class)in the next page
I am trying to develop a windows chat app in wp8.1 in my first page i created a server connection in singleton class.I created another window for sending messages .using singleton how can i maintain the server connection in the next page also?
my…

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static method vs singleton methods in multithreaded environment
I have a code sample with static methods and singleton class
//code with static methods
public class DataManager{
public static Object getDataObject(){
HashMap map = new HashMap();
//Some processing in collections
//retrieval of…

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When is a singleton class object garbage collected?
If a single instance of class is created using singleton pattern, if it is not referenced for a long time, if a GC finds an unrooted tree whose leaf is the Singleton instance, will it be garbage collected?

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Obj C: Unable to access singleton from debugger
So this is very odd. I just created a new singleton in my app, using the same pattern I have used for the numerous other singletons. This one, however, doesn't play nice with the debugger. Here's the code for getting the singleton:
- (id)init
{
…

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