>>> Michael Stacey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/28/99 6:34:43 PM >>> >With all the recent discussion here about "thread safety", >I am re-examining my own understanding. Are sessions linked >to threads or not? In other words, since the session contents are >volatile, does one need to synchronize the code: Very often not. If you had 2 connections using the same session-id then you would yes. This can happen.... imagine a user doing two different things from a main window quite quickly (probably by targetting to new windows). You can stop it with good application design, or you can handle the synchronicity (which often isn't too much of a problem). Nic ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
