>Class member variables CAN be used in servlets but must be used carefully.
>A valid use of them might be to have a class member variable as a request
>counter for instance or
>to record other state information for the servlet.
>
Even that is risky-we have multiple
instances of the same servlet-just
with different startup params.
What's more, the server is free to
destroy() your instance if it feels
like it- after an idle timeout say- and create another instance
later when a new request arrives.
T.
URL http://www.westhawk.co.uk/
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