/**
 * The MIT License
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Ilkka Seppälä
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
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 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */
package com.iluwatar.singleton;

/**
 * Thread-safe Singleton class. The instance is lazily initialized and thus needs synchronization
 * mechanism.
 *
 * Note: if created by reflection then a singleton will not be created but multiple options in the
 * same classloader
 */
public final class ThreadSafeLazyLoadedIvoryTower {

  private static ThreadSafeLazyLoadedIvoryTower instance;

  private ThreadSafeLazyLoadedIvoryTower() {}

  /**
   * The instance gets created only when it is called for first time. Lazy-loading
   */
  public static synchronized ThreadSafeLazyLoadedIvoryTower getInstance() {

    if (instance == null) {
      instance = new ThreadSafeLazyLoadedIvoryTower();
    }

    return instance;
  }
}
