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Gerry,

your code does not compile as is. 
You can't reference a non-static variable or method from a static
method. Hence your mySingleton variable must be declared static. Or am
I missing something basic?
BTW - your class should start "class MySingleton {"
not "class MySingleton(){" 

Torsten

On Sat, 27 Jun 1998 10:58:58 -0400, "Gerry Mantha" <gmantha@home.com>
wrote:

>Java handles the singleton model very well... example:
>
>class MySingleton(){
>    MySingleton  mySingleton;   // defaults to null
>    ... your properties....
>
>    private MySingleton(){         // note the private constructor
>    }
>
>   public static MySingleton getMySingleton(){
>       if(mySingleton == null) mySingleton = new MySingleton();
>       return mySingleton;
>   }
>
>   public PropertyWhatever1 getPropertyWhatever1(){
>       return propertyWhatever1;
>   }
>   public  setPropertyWhatever1(PropertyWhatever1 propertyWhatever1){
>      this.propertyWhatever1 = propertyWhatever1
>   }
>   (..... more setters and getters, or whatevers.....)
>}
>
>
>In order to use your new singleton anywhere, do this:
>
>MySingleton.getMySingleton().getPropertyWhatever1();
>
>Note that you can do the same thing with pure static members and methods
>without even making an instance. However using the true singleton model
>gives you the flexibility for your methods and other called methods the
>ability to access non static variables.  JBuilder's DataModules use the
>singleton pattern as i've described here for example.
>
>Luck,
>
>Gerry
>
>
>Rob Williams wrote in message <3593F482.6CAEEFBA@robco-inc.com>...
>>I'm writing an app that needs to make some basic information available
>>to a number of frames in the application, like the date that the current
>>week began on, what location is using the program, etc.  Since we all
>>know, obviously, that we aren't supposed to be doing public variables, I
>>wonder if the right thing would be to create an instance of a class
>>called AppSettings in the Application class and then get references to
>>it in any of the frames where I need some of the information.  I tried
>>to look at the Calendar class as an example of how to do this but didn't
>>really learn anything; it seems to new a Gregorian Calendar in the
>>constructor.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Rob Williams
>>RobCo Incorporated
>>
>>
>
>


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