Question

What does the 'prototype' scope mean for a Spring bean?

a) Single instance per Spring container

b) New instance every time it's requested

c) Shared instance for a single HTTP request

d) Shared instance for a single HTTP session

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Answer 1

b) New instance every time it's requested

Explanation:

'prototype' scope in Spring means a new bean instance will be created every time it is requested from the container.