The Singleton design pattern promotes tight coupling between the classes in your application. Tight coupling increases the maintenance cost as maintenance and code refactoring becomes difficult.

The Singleton pattern is deceptively simple, even and especially for Java developers. In this classic JavaWorld article, David Geary demonstrates how Java developers implement singletons, with ...

We discuss some of the most common design patterns in Java and how they can help you solve common coding issues. Learn more. A design pattern is a well-established and documented solution to a ...