On design patterns: When should I use the singleton?

Question

The glorified global variable - becomes a gloried global class. Some say breaking object-oriented design.

Give me scenarios, other than the good old logger where it

Answer 1

When you load a configuration Properties object, either from the database or a file, it helps to have it as a singleton; there's no reason to keep re-reading static data that won't change while the server is running.