> Hi everyone
>
> Could you give a yes or no on the querys below please if possible:
>
> 1. A thread enters doGet, the local variables are thread safe?
Local to the method, yes.
> 2. A thread in doGet calls a method passing local variables, still
> thread safe ?
Yes.
> 3. The method called above has local variables which are used in
> processing the above, still safe ?
Yes.
> 4. The method returns a result and the doGet continues through methods
> similar to above before outputting a result. As I understand it this
> should be thread safe and I do not have to concern myself with
> concurrency problems, is this correct?
Yes, if the returned var is stored in a var local to the calling method
> 5. Only instance variables need 'protecting' against concurrency
> problems, yes or no ?
Only if they are read from and written to.
The above answers assume that none of the local variables are references to
finite resources
like DB Connections that can be shared of course.
Andy Bailey
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