hi, if I load a class , will the class be automatically unloaded, by tomcat, after a period of time if it has not been used or will it remain. i have a connection manager class , that on startup creates a pool of database connections and all the jsp pages use connections from this pool.so i need the connection manager class availible. regards anagha. -- Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depths of truth; ............... Where the mind is led by thee into ever-widening thought and action; Into that heaven of freedom,my Father,let my country awake.