"Using the Singleton Pattern" article by Budi Kurniawan 08/27/2003
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/08/27/singleton.html ... Some comments at the end of the article point here to
WardsWiki.
Unfortunately the above article is a good example of how to implement Singleton _incorrectly_ - especially its Listing 1.
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LloydBlythen
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LloydBlythen" is someone who makes critical comments without bothering to explain what he thinks he is talking about. This type of person is characterized by strongly-held opinions that are usually wrong.
Whatever. The reason
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/08/27/singleton.html is incorrect is that it's not thread-safe. This is so widely documented that detailing why the article is wrong would add nothing useful to the discussion of Java singletons and plenty of pointless noise.
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