RE: Singleton and ServletContext

2006-09-08 Thread Peter Crowther
From: Feris Thia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there anyone can point me to any sample how to use singleton object across web application in Tomcat ? See http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/class-loader-howto.html You need to ensure that the singleton is loaded by the same classloader in

Re: Singleton and ServletContext

2006-09-08 Thread DJohnson
I'll assume you mean shared between separate web applications, as, within a single web app. is nothing special. The key is the classloader. In order for the singleton to be a true singleton, (not one fo reach webapp) it must be loaded rom a common classloader. So the jar it is loaded from

Re: Singleton and ServletContext

2006-09-08 Thread Marc Farrow
Would you not accomplish the same thing by placing it in shared/lib instead of common/lib? My understanding is that common/lib is also used by Tomcat engine itself and also all webapps while the shared/lib is just shared among all webapps? Am I mistaken? On 9/8/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

RE: Singleton and ServletContext

2006-09-08 Thread Peter Crowther
From: Marc Farrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Would you not accomplish the same thing by placing it in shared/lib instead of common/lib? *sigh*. Yes. Sorry, misread the diagram. - Peter - To start a new