Multiton

 

Multiton
Design Patterns
Creational Design Patterns

In computer programming, the Multiton Pattern is a design pattern which generalizes the singleton pattern in two different ways:

1) On copy of the corresponding Singleton for each data type,

2) On copy of the corresponding Singleton for each value of a parameter.

Where the Singleton Pattern permits only one instance of a class to be instantiated, the Multiton Pattern allows multiple instances of a class to be instantiated.