singleton in JS

by Himanshu Joshi

JavaScript

// singleton example.
var singleton = (function() {
  var instance;
  function init() {
    var privateVar1 = "this is a private variable";
    var privateVar2 = "another var";
    function pubMethod() {
      //accessing private variables from inside.
      console.log(this.privateVar1);
      console.log(this.privateVar2);
      console.log("inside of a public method");
    };
  }
  function getInstance() {
    if (!instance) {
      instance = init();
    }
    return instance;
  };
  return {
    getInstance: getInstance()
  }
})();


var obj1 = singleton;
var obj2 = singleton;

console.log(obj1===obj2); //check for type and value.