Singleton implementation

[Daniel]

Hey guys

I implement my singleton by doin this at the top of the class.

public static readonly DrawDetails Instance = new DrawDetails();

Then to access the instance i do DrawDetails.Instance.SomeMethod();

My query is, everytime i call that line does it call the constructor again?
Or is the constructor called once, the first time i use it and from then on
it just reuses it without calling the constructor.

I presume it doesnt keep calling it as i made it static but i just want to
be sure.

Thanks.

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Daniel,

The constructor is called just once, the first time the type is
referenced.
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"Daniel" <Da*****@vestryonline.com> wrote in message
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Hey guys

I implement my singleton by doin this at the top of the class.

public static readonly DrawDetails Instance = new DrawDetails();

Then to access the instance i do DrawDetails.Instance.SomeMethod();

My query is, everytime i call that line does it call the constructor
again? Or is the constructor called once, the first time i use it and from
then on it just reuses it without calling the constructor.

I presume it doesnt keep calling it as i made it static but i just want to
be sure.

Thanks.

[sloan]

For a singleton, you hide/private the default constructor.

There should be one static method (usually people call it .GetInstance() )
to return your object.

I have a singleton example at:

http://spaces.msn.com/sholliday/ 12/1/2005 entry

Download the code (near the bottom of the entry)
and look at the code in InMemoryObjectHolder.cs
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"Daniel" <Da*****@vestryonline.com> wrote in message
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Hey guys

I implement my singleton by doin this at the top of the class.

public static readonly DrawDetails Instance = new DrawDetails();

Then to access the instance i do DrawDetails.Instance.SomeMethod();

My query is, everytime i call that line does it call the constructor again? Or is the constructor called once, the first time i use it and from then on it just reuses it without calling the constructor.

I presume it doesnt keep calling it as i made it static but i just want to
be sure.

Thanks.

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello Daniel,

Take into account that pure .net singleton is not an easy task, because CLR
create a copy of static members for each application
domain

You realization is just an application singleton

D> Hey guys
D> I implement my singleton by doin this at the top of the class.
D> public static readonly DrawDetails Instance = new DrawDetails();
D> Then to access the instance i do DrawDetails.Instance.SomeMethod();
D> My query is, everytime i call that line does it call the constructor
D> again? Or is the constructor called once, the first time i use it and
D> from then on it just reuses it without calling the constructor.
D> I presume it doesnt keep calling it as i made it static but i just
D> want to be sure.

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

sloan <sl***@ipass.net> wrote:

For a singleton, you hide/private the default constructor.

There should be one static method (usually people call it .GetInstance() )
to return your object.

I have a singleton example at:

http://spaces.msn.com/sholliday/ 12/1/2005 entry

Download the code (near the bottom of the entry)
and look at the code in InMemoryObjectHolder.cs

It's not thread-safe, unfortunately.

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/singleton.html

By the way, do you realise that the

if (constant == variable)

idiom used in C/C++ to avoid accidental assignment instead of
comparison is unnecessary in C#? I believe most people find

if (variable == constant)

easier to read (I know I do).

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