Hello, I'm new to the JSP and JAVA world, and I'm trying to gain an = understanding of how different clients are handled, and potential = dangers of having several simultaneous requests. I get the concept of JSPs compiled into a servlet, and that they can = handle several simultaneous requests by spinning off separate threads. = My understanding so far is that everything that ends up in the service = method is local to the request, but class instances of variables and = methods are shared among all threads, right? Now, with the inclusion of JavaBeans in the JSP you can set the scope to = session. This means that one instance of this JavaBean is dedicated to = the client for the session. Is this a full flegded java object with no = chance of conflicts between instances for different clients? Are there a = pool of the JavaBeans in the JSP engine/container? If I create another object from some Java class within the JavaBean, = will that cause any problems for me? Will there be any conflicts between = clients if I have class variables in this class? Will the JSP = engine/container instantiate an object for each request or will there be = some kind of pooling? Thanks for any inputs, Roger Kjensrud =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets