Servlet 3.0 specs 2.3.3.4 doubt ?

[gurpeet singh]

this is in context of Asynchronous processing.

the specs says that


Thread safety 2.3.3.4
Be aware that other than the
startAsync, and complete methods, the request and response objects are not
thread safe.

i'm not able to understand what it means ? what does other than startAsync and complete methods means ?

[Paul Clapham]

In English, "Other than X" means that "X" is excluded from whatever follows in the sentence.

So in this case it means that in all methods except for startAsync and complete, those objects are not thread-safe.

[gurpeet singh]

thanks for the reply Paul. but my problem was not in the wording/english. my doubt was that "what does inside the methods(othe than startAsync, complete) the objects are not thread safe means ? can you tel me a scenario when the request/response objects are accessed by more than 1 thread concurrently ?
regards
gurpreet