/** * The MIT License * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Ilkka Seppälä * <p> * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * <p> * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * <p> * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ package com.iluwatar.singleton; /** * Singleton class. Eagerly initialized static instance guarantees thread safety. */ public final class IvoryTower { /** * Private constructor so nobody can instantiate the class. */ private IvoryTower() { } /** * Static to class instance of the class. */ private static final IvoryTower INSTANCE = new IvoryTower(); /** * To be called by user to obtain instance of the class. * * @return instance of the singleton. */ public static IvoryTower getInstance() { return INSTANCE; } }