title: How do I use this singleton example
body: <p>This page does a good job of describing how to create c# singletons, but it doesn't seem to explain how you actually use them.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff650316.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff650316.aspx</a></p>
  
  <p>So if I were to create this singleton below, how do I kick things off (I don't think I can instantiate it directly) and if I don't have an instance object how to I access it - e.g. how do I read and write to property <code>prop1</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>public sealed class Singleton
  {
     private static readonly Singleton instance = new Singleton();
  
     private Singleton(){}
  
     public static Singleton Instance
     {
        get 
        {
           return instance; 
        }
     }
  
     public int prop1 {get; set;}
  }
  </code></pre>