Servlets/Tomcat4/Resin/Static variables

Having an odd problem when using Tomcat 4 or the latest release of Resin (note, I did not have this problem using Tomcat 3 or the previous version of Resin).
I have class that contains static methods- namely a getProperty(String string) {} method that returns a String.... not important, just note that its static and is being called throughout my application like so: MyStaticClass.getProperty(String string)...
The problem I'm having is this: When inside the servlet (e.g. the doPost()) the objects (static) in that class that I've initialized during the serlvets init seem ok, they are instantiated... but when I call the static class from an object seperate from the servlet (e.g. a database class or a java bean) the object is throwing a null pointer exception... it's almost like the servlet is using a different instance of that static variable than the rest of the application... and its really odd that it doesnt happen in tomcat 3...
help :)
-whiskaz

Tomcat 4 is using a later version of the servlet specification than Tomcat 3. One of the changes made, I believe, was that each web application runs in its own virtual machine. That means that each web application has its own copy of the class and its own copy of the static variables. That's a rough description, but it sounds like what you are experiencing is basically that: your servlets are in one JVM and your database classes are in a different JVM. Kind of breaks your design, doesn't it? And your heart, too.

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