What classes in the .NET Platform use the Singleton design pattern?

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What classes in the .NET Platform use the Singleton pattern?

Just want to take a look at them through Reflector and see how are implemented, and more than it, how Singleton can be used in different contexts.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 20 '11 at 20:01

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Pretty much where you see Provider in the name. Especially in the FormsAuthenication and Membership parts of ASP.NET.

answered Apr 20 '11 at 20:01

Daniel A. White

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 20 '11 at 20:02

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System.DBNull:

public sealed class DBNull 
{
   public static readonly DBNull Value;

   static DBNull()
   {
      Value = new DBNull();
   }

   private DBNull() {}
}

answered Apr 20 '11 at 20:02

Mark Cidade

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 20 '11 at 20:09

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Definitely the Settings classes which derive from System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase. Pretty much all the application/user scope settings are managed by singleton instances.

answered Apr 20 '11 at 20:09

Teoman Soygul

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What classes in the .NET Platform use the Singleton design pattern?

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