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package a;

public class Single
{
  public static Single getInstance()
  {
    return instance;
  }

  private static final Single instance = new Single();

  ...
}

package a;

public class Single { ... }

let Single instance = new Single();

-- DanielBonniot

It seems to me, that you have missed very important part of Java Singleton pattern: you must define a private constructor for Single() to disallow creation of another instances of Single through call to default constructor. This raises the question about Nice's ability to implement a Singleton in general: if you don't have a constructors, one can write anywhere

let Single anotherInstance = new Single();

-- TWikiGuest

You are right. Here is my proposal: a class could be declared private, which would mean that the constructor can only be called from the same file that declares the class. In Java a class cannot be private. This would be equivalent to a private constructor in Java. In particular, it would still be possible to use the class name in a type outside of the declaring file. -- DanielBonniot - 23 Jul 2002

This meaning of 'private' for classes would also enable enumerations and other algebraic datatypes:

private class Severity {}
final class DEBUG extends Severity {}
final class TRACE extends Severity {}
final class ERROR extends Severity {}

-- BrynKeller - 11 Jun 2003