How to instantiate a Singleton multiple times?

Question

I need a singleton in my code. I implemented it in Java and it works well. The reason I did it, is to ensure that in a mulitple environment, there is only one instance of th

Answer 1

You can invoke the private constructor of your singleton class using reflection to create a new instance of the class.

class MySingleton {
    private MySingleton() {
    }
}

class Test {
    public void test() throws Exception {
        Constructor constructor = MySingleton.class.getConstructor();
        constructor.setAccessible(true);
        MySingleton otherSingleton = constructor.newInstance();
    }
}