Design Pattern - Creational Pattern - Singleton

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class Singleton
{
public:
 static Singleton &Instance()
 {
  if (_instance == NULL)
  {
   _instance = new Singleton();
  }
  return *_instance;
 }
protected:
 Singleton()
 {  
 }
private:
 static Singleton *_instance;
};

Singleton* Singleton::_instance = NULL; // This line is a must, or link error occurs

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
 // Constructor is protected -- cannot use new
 Singleton *s1 = &Singleton::Instance();
 Singleton *s2 = &Singleton::Instance();

 // Test for same instance
 if (s1 == s2)
 {
  cout << "Objects are the same instances" << endl;
 }

 return 0;
}