Servlets: Will the value of the counter be kept?

Question

Good morning fellow forum users.
I'm using a static counter.class to keep track of the number of times an input is made.
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class counter {
static private int count = 0;
public counter() {
} // constructor
static public void increment() {
     count++;
}// end of increment()
static public int getCount() {
     return count;
} // end of getCount()
} // end of counter class
In the program, whenever an input is being made by the user, I'd call
counter.increment();
the same servlet is called by different JSP pages
(eg. init.jsp -> select.jsp -> select.jsp -> select.jsp etc)
I check for the counter value using an
if (counter.getCount() == 3) { do something };
but this "do something" is never executed.
Query 1: Is my Static counter's value still valid when different JSP pages call it?
Query 2: Is there anyway i can system.out.println(counter.getValue()) to check my counter value, for nothing is shown when i used that in my servlet.
Thank you for your kind attention! :)

Answer 1

(1)Synchronize the methods.
(2)Your counter class does not need constructor.
I check for the counter value using an
if (counter.getCount() == 3) { do something };
but this "do something" is never executed.Because it was not 3.
Query 1: Is my Static counter's value still valid when different JSP
pages call it?Use synchronization. It should be valid if your definition of 'valid' is proper.
Query 2: Is there anyway i can
system.out.println(counter.getValue()) to check my counter value,
for nothing is shown when i used that in my servlet.No such method: counter.getValue()
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hiwa