Consider the following implementation
public enum Singleton {
INSTANCE;
private final OnlyOne onlyOne;
Singleton() {
onlyOne = new OnlyOne();
}
public static Singleton getInstance() {
return INSTANCE;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Singleton one = getInstance();
one.onlyOne.method();
}
}
class OnlyOne {
public void method() {
System.out.println("Hello World");
}
}
Here I have tried to implement the Singleton using enum
. I want OnlyOne
to have just one instance. My question is how do I restrict clients from instantiating objects of class OnlyOne
? Because in some other class we can easily do this
OnlyOne one = new OnlyOne();
I cannot provide a private constructor for it because doing so will break this
Singleton() {
onlyOne = new OnlyOne();
}
Do I need to use the enum as an inner member of OnlyOne
class ? Any suggestions?