Is XMLOutputter thread-safe and/or reusable (JDOMb9)? 2003-12-01 - By Brian Sayatovic/AMIG
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I have some classes which will be used to process several XML requests,
and at times, I want to dump the contents of the request to a file. I'm
using an XMLOutputter to do this, but right now, I'm constructing a new
instance of the XMLOutputter for each request that is to be dumped. I'm
not certain this is necessary, but I err'ed on the side of caution until I
can get confirmation that it is safe to share one instance of the
XMLOutputter.
The Javadocs don't specify. I looked through the source, and nothing
jumped out at me. Can someone else confirm for me if XMLOutputter's
'output' methods are both idempotent and thread-safe? I believe they are,
but I'm looking for confirmation. Obviously, changing the output settings
(indentation, etc.) would be a problem, but I use the exact same settings
every time, so those wouldn't be chanmgign in my case.
Regards,
Brian.
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have some classes which will be used to
process several XML requests, and at times, I want to dump the contents of the
request to a file. I'm using an XMLOutputter to do this, but right now, I
'm constructing a new instance of the XMLOutputter for each request that is to
be dumped. I'm not certain this is necessary, but I err'ed on the side of
caution until I can get confirmation that it is safe to share one instance of
the XMLOutputter.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The Javadocs don't specify. I looked
through the source, and nothing jumped out at me. Can someone else
confirm for me if XMLOutputter's 'output' methods are both idempotent and
thread-safe? I believe they are, but I'm looking for confirmation.  
;Obviously, changing the output settings (indentation, etc.) would be a problem,
but I use the exact same settings every time, so those wouldn't be chanmgign in
my case.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
Regards,<br>
Brian.</font>
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