Hi,
By default instances of root resource classes are created per request.  
If you annotate with @Singleton there will an instance created per  
application.
https://jersey.dev.java.net/nonav/documentation/latest/user- 
guide.html#d4e464
Paul.
On Jun 6, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Rick Wager wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I believe you are getting a new, distinct instance of your resource  
> each time you invoke the REST API. So, your constructor executes,  
> your setter works fine - on that instance - and then when you do the  
> subsequent get another instance is created and the value returned  
> reflects the value set by the constructor.
>
> You could rearrange your code to have a static member (and not set  
> the value in the constructor) to see it work the way you expect.
>
> Rick
>
> On Jun 6, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Muhra Daniel  
> <daniel.muhra_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm pretty new to all REST and Jersey stuff, but I'm already  
>> playing around with it. So far, I got it all working, but one  
>> problem is driving me nuts:
>>
>> Assume having a resource, which as a String member variable. Now I  
>> have one method to change it and another one to get the current  
>> value.
>> If I first change the value, it seems, like it's working, but when  
>> I check it again using the get method, it still gives me the old  
>> value? Why is that the case? And how could I resolve it.
>> Btw. It seems, that creating new Objects works fine (e.g. adding  
>> new Objects to a List), but simple value changing seems to be  
>> discarded.
>>
>> Below is a piece of the example I described:
>>
>> @Path("/string")
>> class StringTester{
>>
>> 	private String info;
>>
>> 	public StringTester(){
>> 	
>> 		info = "Foo";
>> 	}
>>
>> 	@GET
>> 	@Path("/set/{value}")
>> 	@Produces(MediaType.TEXT__PLAIN)
>> 	public String setString( @PathParam("value") String value ){
>> 		this.info = value;
>> 		return this.info;
>> 	}
>>
>> 	@GET
>> 	@Path("/get")
>> 	@Produces(MediaType.TEXT__PLAIN)
>> 	public String getString(){
>> 		return this.info;
>> 	}
>> }
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nostradani