--- "Tye, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I see a problem here...
> The EJB specification only allows static final
> constants or class variables.
> Static variables cannot be set when the server
> "comes up", they are only
> initialized when the class is first instantiated
> (some time later). And,
> when the referencing EJB is discarded by the
> container to make room for
> other transactions, the helper class will also be
> discarded (and the value
> of the static variables lost).
As I remember, Java language spec 1.1 specifies that
when a class is loaded, it will never be unloaded.
That corrects singleton problems with language spec
1.0. If so, when a help "class" is discarded, it is
the
instance is discarded, but the static values should
remain, at least, as long as the class loader is
around.
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