Java HotSpot Virtual Machine

I have a .dll containing my native JNI implementations. It get loaded into my java app using System.loadLibrary(), and the first thing the java app does is call a native initGlobalObject() method. This does some initialization on a global object in the dll code. After that, other native methods assume this object has been constructed and reference it within their own implementation.

Now let's say I start up another instance of my Java app. When it loads the .dll, will it create its own instance of the global variable (the behaviour I want), or will it share the instance that has already been created and initialized by the first Java app?

Thanks for any info,
John