单例对象属性的更新--影子实例

具体说，就是在更新属性时，直接生成另一个单例对象实例，这个新生成的单例对象实例将从数据库或文件中读取最新的配置信息；然后将这些配置信息直接赋值给旧单例对象的属性。如下面代码所示。

 public class GlobalConfig {
    private static GlobalConfig instance = null;
    private Vector properties = null;
    private GlobalConfig() {
      //Load configuration information from DB or file
      //Set values for properties
    }
    private static synchronized void syncInit() {
      if (instance = null) {
        instance = new GlobalConfig();
      }
    }
    public static GlobalConfig getInstance() {
      if (instance = null) {
        syncInit();
      }
      return instance;
    }
    public Vector getProperties() {
      return properties;
    }
    public void updateProperties() {
      //Load updated configuration information by new a GlobalConfig object
      GlobalConfig shadow = new GlobalConfig();
      properties = shadow.getProperties();
    }
  }

 原文:http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cn/java/l-singleton/