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Applets and Classloaders

Posted by Raghu Havaldar on May 18, 1999 at 7:17 AM

> The whole notion of statics and Singletons is really a nightmare in Java, especially in the applet world. When two applets are on the same page and have classes that contain Singletons or statics, those values are reflected in _both_ applets not on a per applet instance basis as one would think (hope). I think that Java is greatly lacking in this support and I imagine there is no effort to have better support. :(


I tend to disagree with your view that two applets share
the static variables of the class. As far as I know, each
applet is loaded by a separate ClassLoader, and live in
separate namespaces. There is no question of conflict here,
and the static variables (class variables) do not have
the same values (except possibly at class initialization).

Statics and singletons play a crucial role in OO design.
E.g: Factory pattern.

Java provides a whole lot more support than what people
assume or think. Classloaders, security managers, access
controllers play an important role in client-side design
and development.

regards,
Raghu





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