javascript singleton question

Question

I just read a few threads on the discussion of singleton design in javascript. I\'m 100% new to the Design Pattern stuff but as I see since a Singleton by definition won\'t

Answer 1

I stole this from CMS / CMS' answer, and changed it so it can be invoked as:

MySingleton.getInstance().publicMethod1();

With the slight alternation:

var MySingleton = {                // These two lines

    getInstance: function() {      // These two lines

      var instance = (function() {

        var privateVar;

        function privateMethod () {
          // ...
          console.log( "b" );
        }

        return { // public interface
          publicMethod1: function () {
              // private members can be accessed here
              console.log( "a" );
           },
          publicMethod2: function () {
            // ...
            privateMethod();
          }
        };
      })();

      singleton = function () { // re-define the function for subsequent calls
        return instance;
      };

      return singleton(); // call the new function
    }
}