Howdy, Tomcat would create one instance of that servlet for every <servlet> tag in your web.xml. But each request is serviced by one thread, so there would be multiple threads using your one servlet instance, possibly concurrently.
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Peter Guyatt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:24 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Creation of HttpServlets > >Hi All, > > I am hoping someone can help answer me this quick question. > >If I had a web app with one servlet for processing all requests would that >one servlet be used by every thread or is it a one to one relation (each >thread uses its own instance of the servlet). > >Thanks > >Pete > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]