How do I force a spring container not to return a singleton instance of a bean?

Question

When I call getBean(name) on a BeanFactory, I get back an instance of the bean defined in the application context. However, when I call getB

Answer 1

The default scope is singleton, but you can set it to prototype, request, session, or global session.

Answer 2

You need to tell spring that you want a prototype bean rather than a singleton bean

<bean id="beanA" class="misc.BeanClass" scope="prototype"/>

This will get you a new instance with each request.