Hi C Selberg,
First of all, a warm welcome to CodeRanch!
C Selberg wrote:Currently:
If getInstance() weren't public, we would still have a singleton. However, it wouldn't be as useful because only static methods of the class Show would be able to use the singleton.
That's indeed an incorrect statement and should be added to the errata overview.
C Selberg wrote:Correct:
If getInstance() weren't public, we would still have a singleton. However, it wouldn't be as useful because only static methods of the package would be able to use the singleton.
But that statement is incorrect as well
I think the correct statement should be: If
getInstance() weren't
public, we would still have a singleton. However, it wouldn't be as useful because only methods of the package would be able to use the singleton.
Because instance methods can access static methods without any problem. So every method (instance or static) in the same package will be able to access the
getInstance() method.
Hope it helps!
Kind regards,
Roel
