Should I implement File Dialog as Singleton?

Question

I'm developing a swing based application where I'm using many FileDialogs? So I say why not to make just one FileDialog object instead all of these instances and use it in the whole project? Is this a good assumption? does this have any performance improvement?

Thanks

Answer 1

This is a great example of a use case where application performance doesn't really matter and the question actually falls into the premature optimization class of problem solving. Why? Using FileDialog means that you are interacting with the user who, even if skilled beyond skilled with shortcut key Kung Fu, will be many orders of magnitude slower than the application. How many FileDialogs could a speedy user open, use and close in one minute? Say a dozen. You should not need to care about a dozen objects coming and going in one minute. Shouldn't even appear on your radar. Use your energies elsewhere. In fact, you should create a new object every time and avoid any caching headaches.