Does each request access the same servlet object?

Question

Does each HTTP request access the same servlet object but in a different thread? or does it create a new thread and new Servlet Instance ?

Answer 1

Each HTTP request creates a new thread but accesses the same instance of the Servlet.

EDIT: In case of one server node, you will have the same Servlet instance on that node. In case of load balancing/many servers you will usually have one instance per Java VM.