Reputation: 11

Design pattern: store globals in a single class

I want to store many "globals" into a single class. Is there any design pattern I can follow?

Upvotes: 1

Answers (5)

Reputation: 105133

If the "globals" are of the same type/interface I would suggest to consider Flyweight.

Upvotes: 0

Reputation: 41135

What you're describing is pretty much the Multiton, which is closely related to the Singleton.

It manages a map of named instances as key-value pairs.

It has the same drawbacks as a singleton, and should be avoided unless you really need it. And you probably don't really need it.

Upvotes: 0

Reputation: 840

You may be looking for a service locator, or dependency injection.

Upvotes: 1

Reputation: 44804

Typically this is what the singleton pattern is used for.

The singleton is probably both the most popular, and most reviled pattern.

Upvotes: 2

Reputation: 96434

Sure, it's called Big Ball of Mud.

Upvotes: 2