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Thread: Make servlet thread safe.

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    Default Make servlet thread safe.

    Dear All,

    I have created a servlet that does authentication here is the following code
     
    import java.io.IOException;
     
    import java.io.PrintWriter;
     
    import java.sql.Connection;
     
    import java.sql.DriverManager;
     
    import java.util.Enumeration;
     
    import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
     
    import javax.servlet.ServletException;
    import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
    import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
    import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
     
    import oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource;
     
    public class Authentication extends HttpServlet {
        public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
                          HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException,
                                                               IOException {
            PrintWriter pw=response.getWriter();
            pw.write("<b>Authenticating please wait.....</b>");
            pw.flush();
            pw.close();
            Enumeration enu = request.getParameterNames();
            String userID = request.getParameter("userid");
            String password = request.getParameter("password");
            String port = request.getParameter("port");
            String database = request.getParameter("database");
            String server = request.getParameter("server");
     
            OracleDataSource ds;
            try {
     
                Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver");
                Connection con =DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:oci8:@"+database,
                                                userID, password);
                System.out.println("Authentication Sucess := "+con.isValid(1));
                response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath() +
                                      "/faces/template.jsp");
            } catch (Exception e) {
                System.out.println("Authentication failed");
                response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath() +
                                      "/faces/authfailed.jsp");
            }
        }
    }

    I can make servlet to implement SingleThreadModel but it is not recommended.So how can i make my code to be thread safe..should i make doGet method to be synchronized ???

    -Thanks


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    Default Re: Make servlet thread safe.

    Why do you need to make it thread safe? The container should take care of all threading issues and it is not apparent you are starting any threads in this snippet of code.

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