title: threadlocal variables in a servlet
body: <p>Are the threadlocals variables global to all the requests made to the servlet that owns the variables?</p>
  
  <p>I am using resin for the server.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for awnser.</p>
  
  <p>I think I can make my self more clear.</p>
  
  <p><strong>The specific Case:</strong>  </p>
  
  <p>I want to:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>initialize a static variable when the request starts the execution.</li>
  <li>be able to query the value of the variable in the further executions of methods called from the servlet in a thread safety way until the request ends the execution</li>
  </ul>