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

If your issue is that you want to keep state, you want a MumbleManager class. Before you start working with a system, your client creates a MumbleManager, where Mumble is the name of the system. State is retained through that. Chances are your MumbleManager will contain a property bag which holds your state.

This type of style feels very C-like and not very object like - you'll find that objects that define your system will all have a reference to the same MumbleManager.