If there is only one servlet, then yes, the variable is implicity static.
> If user A requests my servlet and changes the temp to true, will
subsequent
> users see a value of true?
YES! :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Mytkowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 4:08 PM
Subject: Non static global variables
> Hello all,
>
> In my servlet, I create an instance variable as such...
>
> private boolean temp = false;
>
> ...
>
> An instance of this servlet is created the first time the servlet is
called.
> My understanding is that this variable is only initialized that first
time.
>
> Is this temp variable implicitly static? ie, if one user changes the
> variable, will other servlets see that change?
>
> In more general terms, I want this variable to act as a global variable
with
> a seperate value to each request.
>
> If user A requests my servlet and changes the temp to true, will
subsequent
> users see a value of true?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Todd Mytkowicz:
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