Java: An Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming (8th Edition)
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Chapter 6, Problem 8E
Sometimes we would like a class that has just a single unique instance. Create a class Merlin that has one attribute, theWizard, which is static and of type Merlin. The class has only one constructor and two methods, as follows:
- Merlin—a private constructor. Only this class can invoke this constructor; no other class or
program can create an instance of Merlin. - summon—a static method that returns theWizard if it is not null; if theWizard is null, this method creates an instance of Merlin using the private constructor and assigns it to theWizard before returning it.
- consull—a non-static method that returns the string “Full the sword from the stone”.
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