prototype strange behaviour

[julio]

I have a class mapped as a prototype-bean like this in my web-application:

public class Level {
//various properties-fields
....
private Level parent;

public Level getParent() {
		return parent;
	}

public void setParent(Level parent) {
		this.parent = parent;
}
}

this class is "linked" to its parent (via parent-property)

a class-factory builds it with "implements ApplicationContextAware"

Level level = (Level) this.applicationContext.getBean("level");

and relative parent is injected.

In an integration test is "simulated" many times up and down on same level, and parent keeps its "original" memory-address. That's test-log:

BUILD FIRST TIME PARENT-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1a9d1b
#########################################################
PARENT-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1a9d1b
NEW-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1cc5069
#########################################################
PARENT-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1a9d1b
NEW-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1636e4e
#########################################################
PARENT-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1a9d1b
NEW-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@12c8fa8
#########################################################
PARENT-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1a9d1b
NEW-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@10deb5f
#########################################################
PARENT-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1a9d1b
NEW-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1367e28
#########################################################
PARENT-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1a9d1b
NEW-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@b4be3d
#########################################################
PARENT-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1a9d1b
NEW-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1c1ac46
#########################################################
PARENT-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1a9d1b
NEW-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@5a3923
#########################################################
PARENT-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1a9d1b
NEW-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@e3570c
#########################################################
PARENT-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@1a9d1b
NEW-LEVEL : org.myapp.Level@bf1d3b
#########################################################

how you can see, everytime it does an up & down, parent remains same and a new level instance is build (and so you have one-parent and many level-children). This is the correct situation.

Running my application in Jetty, parent address change at third "up & down"!!!!

what's problem??? prototype-scope is not good for my situation???

Thanks,
Julio

[Chris Lee]

Is the injected parent a prototype bean as well?

[julio]

yes, a prototype-"level" is injected in a prototype-"level"

[Jörg Heinicke]

I don't get your problem. Can you show the snippet of the XML and when/where/how/what code you execute for your test?

Joerg

[julio]

sorry, problem solved.

It was rise up in integration, but was not related to spring