I use .instance (accessor) instead of getInstance(). No reason not to
in AS3. The only reason it's getInstance() really is that that's the
Java singleton convention, and that's where a lot of pattern-aware
coders started out...
Ian
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 3:35 PM, allandt bik-elliott
(thefieldcomic.com) <alla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know of any reason not to use an accessor in my singleton
> instead of a function?
>
> so would this work okay (bearing in mind - as2)
>
> class com.publicis.hp.NavData
> {
> private static var _instance:Data;
>
> public var myVar:String;
>
> private function Data()
> {
> trace("This class is a singleton to hold data, please use
> Data.instance");
> }
>
> public static function get instance():Data
> {
> if (!Data._instance)
> Data._instance = new Data();
>
> return Data._instance;
> }
> }
>
> rather than using
>
> public static function getInstance()
>
> The reason i ask is that i would find it neater to use it
>
> ie:
> var myString = Data.instance.myVar;
>
> rather than
>
> var myString = Data.getInstance().myVar;
>
> thanks
> a
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