Method calls synchronization in Tomcat

[Igor Zotov]

Hello everyone,
Does anyone know if I can use methods of an instance of a class for processing simultaneous requests? If there is only one instance of such a class per web application, then should all methods (called by servlet serving a request) be declared as synchronized, or synchronization will be done automatically by the servlet? I think it should be done automatically, but I am not sure.
Thanks for help!

[Yong Chen]

. Synchronization will NOT be done automatically by the servlet.
. Should all methods be declared as synchronized? It depends. If the method only uses local variables, no synchronization is needed. If the method accesses the instance/class variables, you usually should synchronize it. (Assuming you are not using SingleThreadModel)
[ August 21, 2003: Message edited by: Yong Chen ]