Is this a multiuser app? Are you aware that only *one* instance of the bean
is created for the entire application? I think what you might want here is
a session-scoped bean?
We can take this off list if you want; just email me.
- r
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Hunnisett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: June 28, 2001 8:46 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Tomcat and Beans
>
>
> The bean is a list of gifts (wedding list). The gifts are
> supposed to be
> displayed on a JSP and as they are selected they are removed
> from the bean
> and therefore the jsp. This works for a while, but then
> suddenly all the
> gifts are returned to the bean - even though the removed gifts are not
> stored anywhere.
>
> they are added using a standard useBean tag: <jsp:useBean id="items"
> class="wedding.ListBean" scope="application" />
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Geir Magnusson Jr.
> Sent: 28 June 2001 13:37
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Tomcat and Beans
>
>
> When you say 'reset', what do you mean?
>
> How are these beans being instantiated and added to the application?
>
> Paul Hunnisett wrote:
> >
> > The application is not being shut down! Yet somehow my
> beans are getting
> > "reset".
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Slifka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 28 June 2001 13:26
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: RE: Tomcat and Beans
> >
> > >From "The Java Programming Language, 3rd. Ed"
> >
> > "When an application exits, no further GC is performed, so
> any objects
> that
> > have not yet been collected will not have their finalize() methods
> invoked."
> >
> > - r
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Paul Hunnisett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: June 28, 2001 8:19 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: RE: Tomcat and Beans
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm not trying to - I only put the serialization code in as a
> > > protection
> > > from my bean being "reset". Originally I put in no
> > > serialization code as I
> > > was assured that the server would not be reset and that my
> > > application bean
> > > should exist for the duration of the application. It
> was, however,
> > > regularly reset so I put in the serialization. This made no
> > > difference. It
> > > still gets reset.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Geir Magnusson Jr.
> > Sent: 28 June 2001 13:10
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Tomcat and Beans
> >
> >
> > Paul Hunnisett wrote:
> > >
> > > How does Tomcat manage standard Java beans? I have
> > attempted to use an
> > > application scoped bean ands have included serialization code in the
> > > finalize() method and the code to read up from file in the
> > constructor. I
> > > assumed that whenever Tomcat thought a bean was unnecesary
> > it would simply
> > > garbage collect it(which would call my finalize() method)
> > but this doesn't
> > > seem to happen. The bean get's created fine, but not
> > serialized properly.
> > > What is Tomcat doing?
> >
> > How do you ensure that the bean is no longer referenced?
> >
> > --
> > Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > System and Software Consulting
> > Developing for the web? See http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/
> > You have a genius for suggesting things I've come a cropper with!
> >
> >
--
Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
System and Software Consulting
Developing for the web? See http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/
You have a genius for suggesting things I've come a cropper with!
