Eager loading singleton

EagerSingleton.java

package in.rajegannathan.singletons;

/**
 * Example class for a eager loading singleton.  
 * The declaration of instance - instance variable should have both static and final.
 * Without final we might lose the initialization safety that final provides
 */
public class EagerSingleton {
	private static final EagerSingleton instance = new EagerSingleton();
	
	private EagerSingleton(){
	}
	
	public static EagerSingleton getInstance(){
		return instance;
	}
}