Are there any viable alternatives to the GOF Singleton Pattern?

Question

Let\'s face it. The Singleton Pattern is highly controversial topic with hordes programmers on both sides of the fence. There are those who feel like the Singleto

Answer 1

Alex Miller in "Patterns I Hate" quotes the following:

"When a singleton seems like the answer, I find it is often wiser to:

1. Create an interface and a default implementation of your singleton
2. Construct a single instance of your default implementation at the “top” of your system. This might be in a Spring config, or in code, or defined in a variety of ways depending on your system.
3. Pass the single instance into each component that needs it (dependency injection)