Security by obscurity, while applicable & satisfying pioneers & early adopters, is still unacceptable; we need private constructors.
However, you do bring up a good point; I think, non intentionally, the new mx framework works like that; like, they use namespaces, in part to support namespaces for MXML (I think). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fruber Malcome" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 10:24 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Singleton in AS3 There are many cases where you'd want to ensure that someone can't create a new instance of a class that you've published. An interesting workaround is to hide your class in a namespace that is 'not publicly known', then write a wrapper class that someone can call "NEW" on - and the constructor of that class checks to see if that object exists. This doesn't ensure that it doesn't happen, but someone would have to have intimate knowledge of some unknown namespace in order to create an instance of that object.. Just an idea. Thanks - Fruber -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Wilson Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 10:40 AM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Singleton in AS3 Why should a public constructor prevent the creation of a Singleton? All you need is a static getInstance() method and a private attribute to hold the created instance. Sure, the public constructor means someone else could instantiate the class on their own without using getInstance(), but if you're writing the code, you'll do it the proper way anyhow, no? -Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 1:32 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton in AS3 You can't yet as for the reason you stated. Bitch on the forums pretty please; you, many many others, and I all want this changed. http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?catid=587&e ntercat=y ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Klishin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders ML" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:16 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Singleton in AS3 Hi guys, Have anyone got ideas how to implement Singleton pattern in AS3 best? Constructor in AS3 can only be public or internal, which is not private anyway. .. -- Michael "Antares" Klishin, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.novemberain.com Non progredi est regredi _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
