You might find this helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2765060/stateless-singleton-vs-static-methods/2765251#2765251

To summarize:

• the advantage of an actual singleton over a static class is, a singleton can implement interfaces
• the point of a singleton is not to grant global access to a value, but to control instantiation of a type.

greetz
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You might find this helpful: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2765060/stateless-singleton-vs-static-methods/2765251#2765251

To summarize:

• the advantage of an actual singleton over a static class is, a singleton can implement interfaces
• the point of a singleton is not to grant global access to a value, but to control instantiation of a type.

greetz
back2dos