> In fact, if you alias the same servlet class name to two different
> aliases in Apache JServ, you do get two instances -- one per alias.
> This is needed, because the lifecycles of each instance are managed
> individually Your "counter in an instance variable"
> then works the way you want, if the servlet engine does not
> distribute the same alias across multiple servers, or create
> multiple instances for some other reason.
Exactly. It's those "if" statements that concern me. Essentially,
it works like I want, unless the servlet engine decides to optimize.
This is why I believe we need a way to say "please don't make more
than one instance of this servlet per registered name".
-jh-
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