One thing i forgot in my previous reply: To implement singletons under tomcat requires more knowhow as a typical stand alone applications. Tomcat has several classloaders and there can a copy of the same class in different classloaders. This way the simple approach of using static class vars to store singletons can fail.
> -----Original Message----- > From: T K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: weird tomcat questions > > > Can someone please decipher the following questions? > > * How does scoping work in Tomcat? > > * Why would you bother using a singleton when you're working > with Tomcat? > > Why would scoping be different in tomcat than any other > servlet-complying container? What does a singleton have to do > with a web container? > > /tk > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
