Saturday 22 July 2017

Singleton Design Pattern


package com.help4j.advance.pattern;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * @author aklahoti
 *
 */
public class Singleton implements Serializable, Cloneable{

 public static void main(String[] args) throws CloneNotSupportedException, FileNotFoundException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException{
  
  // Test creating an object of Singleton Class
  Singleton obj = Singleton.getInstance();
  System.out.println(obj);
  
  // Test serialzation/deserialization of singleton object. It should not create new object and return same object.
  ObjectOutputStream os = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("resources/singleton.ser"));
  os.writeObject(obj);
  ObjectInputStream is = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("resources/singleton.ser"));
  Singleton deserObj = (Singleton) is.readObject();
  System.out.println("***Deserialized Singleton Object***");
  System.out.println(deserObj);
  
  // Test cloning of singleton object.  It should not create new object and return same object.
  Singleton cloneObj = (Singleton) obj.clone();
  System.out.println("***Cloned Singleton Object***");
  System.out.println(cloneObj);
  
  // Test reflexion of singleton object. It should throw exception.
  Class<Singleton> classObj = (Class<Singleton>) Class.forName("com.java.test.pattern.Singleton");
  System.out.println(classObj.newInstance());
  
 }
 private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

 private static Singleton instance = null;
 
 private static Object DUMMY_OBJECT = new Object();
 
 private Singleton(){
  /*To prevent object creation using reflection*/
  if(instance!=null){
   throw new InstantiationError( "Singleton Object is already created." );
  }
 }
 
 public static Singleton getInstance(){
  /*Double checked locking*/
  if(instance == null){
   synchronized (DUMMY_OBJECT) {
    if(instance == null){
     instance = new Singleton();
    }
   }
  }
  return instance;
 }
 
 public static void print(){
  System.out.println("I am a singleton class.");
 }
 
 /*To prevent object creation using deserialization*/
 private Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException{
  return instance;
 }
 
 /*To prevent object creation using cloning*/
 @Override
 protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
  return instance;
 }
}

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