jaxp object caching for MessageFactory

Question

Can the javax.xml.soap.MessageFactory be reused?
I.e.

msgFactory = MessageFactory.newInstance(); 

Can I cache msgFac

Answer 1

There's nothing in the javadoc to say that instances of MessageFactory are thread-safe, so I wouldn't make that assumption.

However, within a single thread, there's nothing to stop you re-using a MessageFactory instance over and over again.