}

> I have used the singleton design pattern extensively in Java and would like
> to use it in C#.   See the following code for my example.  I can see where
> the Singleton object is created but when is it destroyed?  In java, a
> Singleton object was destroy when the VM died.  When does the .NET VM start
> and when does it die (reboot)?

> using System;
> using System.Collections;

> namespace Test
> {
>   public class Singleton {
>       private static Hashtable ht = new Hashtable();
>       private static Singleton INSTANCE = new Singleton();

>       //constructor is private so external objects can not create a new
> instance
>       private Singleton(){
>        Console.WriteLine("New instance of Singleton");
>        ht.Add("K1","This is the value for Key1");
>        ht.Add("K2","This is the value for Key2");
>        ht.Add("K3","This is the value for Key3");
>       }

>       public static String getValue(String key){
>        return (String)ht[key];
>       }
>  }
> }