> So does my pointer which is in variables scope need to be > locked if I'm changing any of the instance variables in the > object it's pointing to?
Yes, if you are concerned about the possibility of a race condition. You could just as well just reference application.ws directly instead of creating the pointer in the first place, also. > The application.ws gets two initial values set in its init() > function, but after that it's all reading those variables or > just performing a web service. In that case, you probably don't need to worry about locking at all, since presumably you're only initializing it once, and you're doing that in a thread-safe manner (for example, within the onApplicationStart method of Application.cfc). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, please follow the instructions at http://www.cfczone.org/listserv.cfm CFCDev is supported by: Katapult Media, Inc. We are cool code geeks looking for fun projects to rock! www.katapultmedia.com An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org
