ServicePointImpl.getService caching service reference

[Chris Burnley]

Hi, I'd like to query why ServicePointImpl.getService method caches the service object.

I'm implementing a "template" service model which always creates new instances ( perhaps I'm going about it the wrong way), which of course doesn't work because the the service is cached in ServicePointImpl. I realise that in theory services should be usually mostly stateless and interchangeable, but that is contradicted by the existence of the thread service model.

Shouldn't the reference returned be the responsibility of ServiceModel ?

regards,

Chris Burnley