I'll contradict Peter here and say that yes you do need to lock that code block as shown for the reason stated if you want to guarentee that one and only one instance of that object can exist.
I assumed you were on MX7, because you referred to Application.cfc, but i guess you meant Application.cfm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter J. Farrell Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SPAM-LOW: RE: [CFCDev] Singleton / Factory request Peter H wrote: > On the subject of locking, I'm using cf6.1 - do I still need to lock? No, unless you are trying a to prevent a race condition. The archives have a lot about race conditions as well as a few articles on Macr. Best, .Peter -- Peter J. Farrell :: Maestro Publishing blog :: http://blog.maestropublishing.com email :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Create boilerplate beans! Check out the Mach-II Bean Creator - free download. http://blog.maestropublishing.com/mach-ii_beaner.htm You need only two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the duct tape. -- ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). CFCDev is supported by New Atlanta, makers of BlueDragon http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). CFCDev is supported by New Atlanta, makers of BlueDragon http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
