static variable/thread safe

[Eunis Huang]

If a servlet does NOT implement SingleThreadModel, then the static variable in this servlet is thread safe, otherwise, (if implement SingleThreadModel) the static varialbe is not thread safe.
Is it right or not?
Thank guys.
Eunis

[Tim Duncan]

Nope, static vars are never thread-safe. All instances of the servlet will be able to access the static var.

[tony lee]

hi eunis,
a static variable still can be accessed by different thread by declaring var.ClassName. if you can tell the difference between a static and a non-static, you'll find static variable is the same as a non-static in thread safty senario.
tony

[Anthony Villanueva]

Hi,
By default, a servlet normally has only one servlet instance per servlet definition. Even if we assume or guarantee that only one servlet instance is available to service requests, concurrent requests will spawn multiple threads, so static servlet variables are not thread-safe.
A servlet that implements SingleThreadModel is usually pooled by the container so this situation is not thread-safe for static servlet variables either.
-anthony
[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: Anthony Villanueva ]

[Peter den Haan]

For completeness: static final variables are the exception., of course.
- Peter