Merge pull request #8 from Pluralsights/master

new approach for singleton pattern

Author: torokmark

singleton/src/singleton.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
-namespace SingletonPattern {
-    export class Singleton {
-        private static instance: Singleton;
-
-        constructor() {}
-
-        static get Instance() {
-            if (this.instance === null || this.instance === undefined) {
-                this.instance = new Singleton();
+namespace Singleton {
+    class Singleton {
+        // A variable which stores the singleton object. Intially,
+        // the variable acts like a placeholder
+        private static __singleton: Singleton = null;
+        // private constructor so that no instance is created
+        private constructor() {
+        }
+        // This is how we create a singleton object
+        public static getInstance(): Singleton {
+            // check if an instance of the class is already created
+            if (this.__singleton == null) {
+                // If not created create an instance of the class
+                // store the instance in the variable
+                this.__singleton = new Singleton();
             }
-            return this.instance;
+            // return the singleton object
+            return this.__singleton
         }
     }
 }