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Singleton Pattern

The Singleton pattern ensures that only one instance of a class is created, and provides a global access point to that single instance. It can delay initialization until needed information is available, unlike static classes. In JavaScript, Singletons serve as a shared namespace that isolates code from the global namespace, providing a single access point for functions.

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Singleton Pattern

The Singleton pattern ensures that only one instance of a class is created, and provides a global access point to that single instance. It can delay initialization until needed information is available, unlike static classes. In JavaScript, Singletons serve as a shared namespace that isolates code from the global namespace, providing a single access point for functions.

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The Singleton Pattern


The Singleton pattern is thus known because it restricts instantiation of a class to a
single object. Classically, the Singleton pattern can be implemented by creating a
class with a method that creates a new instance of the class if one doesn't exist. In
the event of an instance already existing, it simply returns a reference to that object.
Singletons differ from static classes (or objects) as we can delay their initialization,
generally because they require some information that may not be available during
initialization time. They don't provide a way for code that is unaware of a previous
reference to them to easily retrieve them. This is because it is neither the object or
"class" that's returned by a Singleton, it's a structure. Think of how closured
variables aren't actually closures - the function scope that provides the closure is the
closure.
In JavaScript, Singletons serve as a shared resource namespace which isolate
implementation code from the global namespace so as to provide a single point of
access for functions.

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