Is servlet always singleton class?

Is servlet always singleton class? or Does it depend on Application Server?

Servlets are not singletons by definition. Just because a single instance is created is not enough to consider a class a singleton.

But to answer the question that I think you meant to ask: a container will usually create one instance of a servlet for each servlet declaration in the deployment descriptor.

Thanks, I got it.

Hi, Could you please elaborate why Servlet is not considered as Singleton?. Thanks.

In software engineering, the singleton pattern is a design pattern that is used to restrict instantiation of a class to one object.

Wiki on Singleton

The Servlet API does not restrict the creation of a particular Servlet class to a single instance, therefore it is not a Singleton.

Hi Joe,

Since there is always only one Servlet instance in the address space at a particular time, was bit confused. Thanks.

Well, is there any way to make the Servlet singleton?. This was asked in a Interview.

Depends on what the interviewer was thinking.

The real answer is no. But he or she may have been mistakenly fishing for another answer.

Thanks All.