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JavaIntermediate#design-patterns#spring
JavaAdvanced#design-patterns
What is the Singleton pattern? How to implement it thread-safely?
Answer
Ensures only one instance per JVM. Thread-safe options: eager initialization, double-checked locking with volatile, or the enum singleton (recommended by Joshua Bloch — serialization-safe and reflection-safe).
Example
public enum Singleton {
INSTANCE;
public void doWork() { System.out.println("working"); }
}
Singleton.INSTANCE.doWork();