Strange problem with cycle attributes

[Luke Galea <lg...@bluecatnetworks.com>]

Hello, 
 
I am trying to associate an object with a single request.. and I am
doing so by setting an attribute in the request cycle.
 
I am experiencing some strangeness.. namely that it doesn't seem to be
storing my setting.
 
Below is my code.. And as far as I can tell, it should never say "No
Session Found" more than once for a given request...  but it is doing so
for each call... Is there something I am doing wrong?
 
public synchronized Session getSession() throws SQLException
    {        
        Object session = getRequestCycle().getAttribute(
REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE );
        
        if( session == null )
        {       
            log.debug( "No Session Found! Creating New!!" );
            
            session = Persistor.getSessionFactory().openSession();
           
            assert session != null;
            
            getRequestCycle().setAttribute( REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE, session
);
            
          }
 
            return (Session) session;
}
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Luke Galea 
Software Development
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