But you might! The singleton class pattern isn't synonymous with static configuration. There are other uses for singletons.

I don't really mean singletons are only for configuration ! I just insist that singletons really are singletons; if you want a variation of a singleton locally in your program, that simply means you shouldn't be using a singleton in the first place.

Tell me how do singleton's break encapsulation any more/less than a set of package variables? If you're using them to return static configuration information (as you seem to be proposing) then they encapsulate exactly the same thing.

As I understand it accessing any variable inside another package directly is EVIL :) When using a singleton, you ask the object to provide you with the data (thru a getter/setter or whatever mecanism you're using, anything BUT direct access), you don't simply take it. That's the difference between breaking or not breaking encapsulation.

In reply to Re^13: what is a propper way to make a chunk of data accessible to all my packages for retrieval and modification ? by wazoox
in thread what is a propper way to make a chunk of data accessible to all my packages for retrieval and modification ? by leocharre

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