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Singleton Pattern

The singleton pattern restricts the instantiation of a class to one object.

1st Singleton instance

1st Singleton hashcode = 13736965

2nd Singleton instance

2nd Singleton hashcode = 13736965 (same as 1st)
	public class Singleton
	{
		//create static instance of Singleton
		private static Singleton singleton;

		private Singleton()
		{
			//default constructor
			// since it is private, no other classes can create an object of this class
			// however, this Singleton, and only this Singleton class, CAN create it

		}

		public static Singleton GetInstance()
		{
			//create Singleton object
			//if Singleton does not exists, create it; else return existing object
			if (singleton == null)
			{
				singleton = new Singleton();
			}

			return singleton;

		}
	}//end of Singleton class
  
//Controller method
  public ActionResult SingletonPattern()
  {
    //instantiate new Singleton instances
    Singleton sing1 = Singleton.GetInstance();
    Singleton sing2 = Singleton.GetInstance();

    ViewBag.Sing1 = sing1;
    ViewBag.Sing2 = sing2;

    ViewBag.Sing1Hash = sing1.GetHashCode();
    ViewBag.Sing2Hash = sing2.GetHashCode();

    return View();
}//end of controller method
  
    //SingletonPattern html
    <div class="row col-sm-12 text-center"><h4 style="color:red;">(click on headings for code snippets)</h4>
    </div>

    <div class="row col-sm-12">
    <div class="col-sm-4"></div>
    <div id="dvSingleton" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#modalSingleton" class="row text-center col-sm-4"><h1>Interface</h1></div>
    <div class="col-sm-4"></div>
    </div>

    <div class="rowcol-sm-12">
    <div class="col-sm-5" style="border:2px solid fuchsia;">
    <div id="dvSingleton1" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#modalSingleton1" class="row text-center"><h2>Interface with ascending method</h2></div>
    @if (ViewBag.Sing1 != null)
    {
    <div class="row" style="padding-left:25px;">
    1st Singleton is not null: hashcode = ViewBag.Sing1Hash
    </div>
    }
    else
    { <dv class="row" style="padding-left:25px;">1st Singleton is null</dv>}
    </div>
    <div class="col-sm-1"></div>

    <div class="col-sm-5" style="border:2px solid fuchsia;">
    <div id="dvSingleton2" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#modalSingleton2" class="row text-center"><h2>Interface with descending method</h2></div>
    @if (ViewBag.Sing2 != null)
    {
    <div class="row" style="padding-left:25px;">
    2nd Singleton is not null: hashcode = ViewBag.Sing2Hash
    </div>
    }
    else
    { <dv class="row" style="padding-left:25px;">2nd Singleton is null</dv>}
    </div>
    <div class="col-sm-1"></div>
    <div class="row" style="height:40px;"></div>