<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">One possible issue that I can think of is the danger of circular
    references, which would inhibit garbage collection, I think.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I believe using WeakReference<ProfileRequestContext> would address that concern specifically:</div><div><br></div><div>request.setAttribute(ProfileRequestContext.BINDING_KEY, new WeakReference(prc));</div><div><br></div><div>But point taken generally about unintended consequences.</div><div><br></div><div>M</div><div><br></div></div></div>