Re: Static utility class?
| From: | Micky Hulse | Date: | Thu, 05 Sep 2013 18:27:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Static utility class? | ||
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On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote:
> I'll second Rodrigo's opinion, but would like to comment that the name of
> the class is misleading since it's called "Singleton". The singleton pattern
> is used when you only ever want one instantiation of a class. In your case
> you are using static methods, the object never needs to be instantiated and
> so it doesn't fit this pattern. What you are creating is far more consistent
> with the utility pattern.
Ahhh, thanks so much for the clarification and details! That's very helpful.
I've updated my gist to reflect the pattern name:
<https://gist.github.com/mhulse/6441525>
Much appreciated. :)