package com.michaelthomas.singleton;

/**
 * @author Michael Thomas (www.michael-thomas.com) michael@michael-thomas.com
 * 
 *         Note: Original concepts came from Wikipedia.com
 *         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern
 */

public class SingletonJVMTraditionalExample {

	/*
	 * Traditional way to create a Singleton. The INSTANCE is created as soon as
	 * the Singleton class is initialized by the JVM. (not lazy) This solution
	 * is thread-safe without requiring special language constructs (i.e.
	 * volatile or synchronized).
	 */
	private String name;
	private static final SingletonJVMTraditionalExample instance = new SingletonJVMTraditionalExample();

	// Private constructor prevents instantiation from other classes
	private SingletonJVMTraditionalExample() {
	}

	public static SingletonJVMTraditionalExample getInstance() {
		return instance;
	}

	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

}