A singleton is a design pattern used when only one instance
of an object is created and shared; that is, it only allows one instance of
itself to be created. Any attempt to create another instance simply returns a
reference to the first one. Singleton classes are created by defining all class
constructors as private. In addition, a private static member is created as the
same type of the class, along with a public static member that returns an
instance of the class
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A singleton is a design pattern used when only one instance of an object is created and shared; that is, it only allows one instance of itself to be created. Any attempt to create another instance simply returns a reference to the first one. Singleton classes are created by defining all class constructors as private. In addition, a private static member is created as the same type of the class, along with a public static member that returns an instance of the class