> You must have been fun to have as a student.
>
Student is a vague term. Student of which grade, which subject? Student of
a trade? Student of life?
Unfortunately your lack of exactness means I can't understand your joke :)
(I was an even worse employee)
- John
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John,
On 3/25/14, 9:58 AM, John Smith wrote:
>> First terminology problem: class X isn't instantiated here, an
>> object of type class X is instantiated.
>>
>
> As Matisse once said, exactitude is not truth. This sort of hair
> splitting isn't hel
> First terminology problem: class X isn't instantiated here, an object of
> type class X is instantiated.
>
As Matisse once said, exactitude is not truth. This sort of hair splitting
isn't helpful. Say "Class X is instantiated" to a thousand programmers and
they'll understand that it means an ins
>
> If the method is thread-safe - no issue. If it isn't thread-safe then
> you have a problem.
>
> Mark
>
Thanks Mark - Clearly and succinctly explained.
Best,
John
On 24/03/2014 16:08, John Smith wrote:
> I should know this, but I want to confirm with smarter people on the board.
>
> Assume the following:
> 1. Servlet receives an HTTP POST request. doPost(...) is called.
> 2. doPost(..) instantiates class X with each request
> 3. Class X calls a static metho
> From: John Smith [mailto:tomcat.ran...@gmail.com]
> Subject: Concurrency - Servlet created instances accessing static classes
> Assume the following:
> 1. Servlet receives an HTTP POST request. doPost(...) is called.
> 2. doPost(..) instantiates class X with each request
Fi
if you are accessing any static variables in method Y,it can cause
concurrency issues.
Thanks,
Shailesh.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 9:38 PM, John Smith wrote:
> I should know this, but I want to confirm with smarter people on the board.
>
> Assume the following:
> 1. Servlet receives an HTTP POST
I should know this, but I want to confirm with smarter people on the board.
Assume the following:
1. Servlet receives an HTTP POST request. doPost(...) is called.
2. doPost(..) instantiates class X with each request
3. Class X calls a static method of class Y
Assuming I have no synchronization in
