Simplest/Cleanest way to implement singleton in Ja

Question

What is the simplest/cleanest way to implement singleton pattern in JavaScript?

Answer 1

Here is the simple example to explain singleton pattern in java script.

 var Singleton=(function(){
      var instance;
      var init=function(){
           return {
             display:function(){
             alert("This is a Singleton patern demo");
              }
            };
           }; 
            return {
              getInstance:function(){
                   if(!instance){
                     alert("Singleton check");
                      instance=init();
                       }
               return instance;
             }
         };

    })();

   // In this call first display alert("Singleton check")
  // and then alert("This is a Singleton patern demo");
  // It means one object is created

    var inst=Singleton.getInstance();
    inst.display();

    // In this call only display alert("This is a Singleton patern demo")
   //  it means second time new object is not created, 
   //  it uses the already created object 

    var inst1=Singleton.getInstance();
    inst1.display();

Answer 2

can I put my 5 coins. I have a constructor function, ex.

var A = function(arg1){
  this.arg1 = arg1  
};

What I need to do is just every object created by this CF will be same.

var X = function(){
  var instance = {};
  return function(){ return instance; }
}();

test

var x1 = new X();
var x2 = new X();
console.log(x1 === x2)

Answer 3

following is the snippet from my walk through to implement a singleton pattern. This occurred to me during an interview process and I felt that I should capture this somewhere.

/*************************************************
   *     SINGLETON PATTERN IMPLEMENTATION          *
   *************************************************/

  //since there are no classes in javascript, every object is technically a singleton
  //if you don't inherit from it or copy from it.
  var single = {};
  //Singleton Implementations
  //Declaring as a Global Object...you are being judged!


  var Logger = function() {
    //global_log is/will be defined in GLOBAL scope here
    if(typeof global_log === 'undefined'){
      global_log = this;
    }
    return global_log;
  };


  //the below 'fix' solves the GLOABL variable problem but
  //the log_instance is publicly available and thus can be 

  //tampered with.
  function Logger() {
    if(typeof Logger.log_instance === 'undefined'){
      Logger.log_instance = this;
    }


    return Logger.log_instance;
   };


  //the correct way to do it to give it a closure!


  function logFactory() {
    var log_instance; //private instance
    var _initLog = function() { //private init method
      log_instance = 'initialized';
      console.log("logger initialized!")
    }
    return {
      getLog : function(){ //the 'privileged' method 
        if(typeof log_instance === 'undefined'){
          _initLog();
        }
        return log_instance;
      }
    };
  }

  /***** TEST CODE ************************************************
  //using the Logger singleton
  var logger = logFactory();//did i just gave LogFactory a closure?
  //create an instance of the logger
  var a = logger.getLog();
  //do some work
  //get another instance of the logger
  var b = logger.getLog();


  //check if the two logger instances are same?
  console.log(a === b); //true
  *******************************************************************/

the same can be found on my gist page

Answer 4

I like to use a combination of the Singleton with the module pattern, init-time branching with a Global NS check, wrapped within a closure. In a case where the environment isn't going to change after the initialization of the singleton; the use of an immediately invoked object-literal to return a module full of utilities that will persist for some duration should be fine. I'm not passing any dependencies, just invoking the singletons within their own little world - the only goal being to: create a utilities module for event binding / unbinding (device orientation / orientation changes could also work in this case).

window.onload = ( function( _w ) {
            console.log.apply( console, ['it', 'is', 'on'] );
            ( {
                globalNS : function() {
                    var nameSpaces = ["utils", "eventUtils"],
                        nsLength = nameSpaces.length,
                        possibleNS = null;

                    outerLoop:
                    for ( var i = 0; i < nsLength; i++ ) {
                        if ( !window[nameSpaces[i]] ) {
                            window[nameSpaces[i]] = this.utils;
                            break outerLoop;
                        };
                    };
                },
                utils : {
                    addListener : null,
                    removeListener : null
                },
                listenerTypes : {
                    addEvent : function( el, type, fn ) {
                        el.addEventListener( type, fn, false );
                    },
                    removeEvent : function( el, type, fn ) {
                        el.removeEventListener( type, fn, false );
                    },
                    attachEvent : function( el, type, fn ) {
                        el.attachEvent( 'on'+type, fn );
                    },
                    detatchEvent : function( el, type, fn ) {
                        el.detachEvent( 'on'+type, fn );
                    }
                },
                buildUtils : function() {
                    if ( typeof window.addEventListener === 'function' ) {
                        this.utils.addListener = this.listenerTypes.addEvent;
                        this.utils.removeListener = this.listenerTypes.removeEvent;
                    } else {
                        this.utils.attachEvent = this.listenerTypes.attachEvent;
                        this.utils.removeListener = this.listenerTypes.detatchEvent;
                    };
                    this.globalNS();
                },
                init : function() {
                    this.buildUtils();
                }
            } ).init();
        }( window ) );

Answer 5

In es6:

class Singleton {
  constructor () {
    if (!Singleton.instance) {
      Singleton.instance = this
    }
    // Initialize object
    return Singleton.instance
  }
  // Properties & Methods
}

const instance = new Singleton()
Object.freeze(instance)

export default instance

Answer 6

Singleton:

Ensure a class has only one instance and provide a global point of access to it.

The Singleton Pattern limits the number of instances of a particular object to just one. This single instance is called the singleton.

• defines getInstance() which returns the unique instance.
• responsible for creating and managing the instance object.

The Singleton object is implemented as an immediate anonymous function. The function executes immediately by wrapping it in brackets followed by two additional brackets. It is called anonymous because it doesn't have a name.

Sample Program,

var Singleton = (function () {
    var instance;
 
    function createInstance() {
        var object = new Object("I am the instance");
        return object;
    }
 
    return {
        getInstance: function () {
            if (!instance) {
                instance = createInstance();
            }
            return instance;
        }
    };
})();
 
function run() {
 
    var instance1 = Singleton.getInstance();
    var instance2 = Singleton.getInstance();
 
    alert("Same instance? " + (instance1 === instance2));  
}

run()