PLS PLS PLS PLS solve this

[unagie]

Identify the problem within this snippet of Java/C# code implementing Singleton Design Pattern. (This is not a trick question, there is a potential real problem in using this code)
class Singleton{
public static Singleton Instance() {
if (_instance == null)
_instance = new Singleton();
return _instance;
}
protected Singleton() {}
private static Singleton _instance = null;
}

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snippet of Java/C# code

? which is this supposed to be, Java or C#? They are similar but not one and the same.

Identify the problem ...

Could this be homework? Even if it isn't, you will always learn more if you first try to solve whatever problem exists first, and then if your solution doesn't work or you feel unsure about it, then you could post the proposed solution and any questions you have about it.

Best of luck.

[unagie]

i have a bet to solve this wit my friend....
plz help....
i m sure he s doin da same in some other forum...
i have less time..

[unagie]

it java................

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I have an idea of a potential problem (not to mention that Singleton patterns should not be used in general), but again, I await your thoughts on what you think the problem is.

Also, please avoid using unnecessary abbreviations here. For many of our posters English is not a first or second language, and unusual abbreviations or SMS speak may be non-translatable for them.

Again, best of luck

[unagie]

i am not very good in java but my idea of a singleton is singleton pattern is a design pattern that is used to restrict instantiation of a class to one object.
i believe that there is a problem in _instance.
i m not sure...

[Fubarable]

So what happens if the instance is null and one tries to obtain the Singleton object from two different threads at the same time?

[unagie]

i ges the return_instance statement must be outside the function
public static Singleton Instance..
n please genuinely help..

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n please genuinely help..

What do you mean here? My post above gives you the problem. And again, please avoid unnecessary abbreviations for reasons noted above.

[unagie]

okay sorry...
please please help... m in a hurry.

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Also, Google can help. It brought me this link which basically corroborates what I posted above: Introducing the singleton - "The Single Java Object"