Scope of Java static member in web applications

Question

Are Java static variables shared across instances of the same web application?

class MyClass
{
    private static SomeClass myStaticObject = new SomeClass();         


        

Answer 1

I don't quite see the point of having a private static variable in MyClass. If it's private you cannot access it as a class variable from outside the class you defined it in. If you just want other classes to access this variable via a getter method you should remove the static keyword.