/**

 * The MIT License

 * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Ilkka Seppälä

 * <p>

 * 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:

 * <p>

 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in

 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

 * <p>

 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR

 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,

 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE

 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER

 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,

 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN

 * THE SOFTWARE.

 */

package com.iluwatar.singleton;

/**

 * Singleton class. Eagerly initialized static instance guarantees thread safety.

 */

public final class IvoryTower {

    /**

     * Private constructor so nobody can instantiate the class.

     */

    private IvoryTower() {

    }

    /**

     * Static to class instance of the class.

     */

    private static final IvoryTower INSTANCE = new IvoryTower();

    /**

     * To be called by user to obtain instance of the class.

     *

     * @return instance of the singleton.

     */

    public static IvoryTower getInstance() {

        return INSTANCE;

    }

}