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title: "What is Singleton class?"  
description: "What is Singleton class?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-05-07  
updated: 2020-09-17  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/851/what-is-singleton-class  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is Singleton class?

Singleton class is a class whose only one object can be created at a time. - To achieve this one method is that we make its constructor private and provide a static method that returns its instance.\
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When a Singleton class is garbage - collected and then reloaded, a new Singleton instance is created.\

## Answers

### Answer by Amit Singh

Singleton class is a class whose only one object can be created at a time. - To achieve this one method is that we make its constructor private and provide a static method that returns its instance.\
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When a Singleton class is garbage - collected and then reloaded, a new Singleton instance is created.\


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