I have many servlet threads that use the same action object (like how Struts works), and the servlet threads call the action class's processRequest method. This method is Thread safe as it only uses variables local to the processRequest method. Now, if inside this method I create a new object, say B(), and B has instance variables that are being modified, will that cause a problem? Or since B is being called from inside a thread-safe method in my action object, will it not matter? Hope that makes sense. Thanks for the help Brian
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You should be just fine. Every thread gets a new instance of B when they do new B() and each instance of B can do whatever it wants. This is a perfectly common sense way around the whole thread-safe-servlet issue: delegate work to a helper object. Of course J2EE reuses a single servlet instance to avoid a lot of object creation and gc, and this just kind of wipes out whatever they gained there. I feel bad when I do it, but I do it.
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If you create the object from inside the method, and manipulate it only inside the method where it's created, then it will only be accessed by one thread -- the one that called that method -- so there will be no thread-related problems. On the other hand, if that object you create is stored in some globally accessible place, such that multiple simultaneous method invocations might use that object, then there may be a problem with thread safety. Does this answer your question?
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