> From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] > Subject: Babysitting ThreadLocals
> Removing the ThreadLocal after every request of course means > that the use of ThreadLocal is entirely useless. > Should I stop worrying about the overhead of creating a > SimpleDateFormat? Given that the cost of generating and writing a log entry is going to vastly outweigh any object creation or synchronization impact, then, yes, you should stop worrying. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers.