Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition) General Discussion

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is normal and expected behavior, but I'm seeing data from JSF session scoped beans from different browser windows or tabs. Here's a simple test I did:

1) Created a sample JSF web app which has just 2 pages: first page is a form that takes an input into a session scoped bean and second page displays submitted input. Input is bound to a session scoped bean. (E.g. I just used sample "Kick Start" JSF application in Eclipse JBoss Web Tools).
2) Deploy it on Tomcat 6.0.
3) Opened the input page in first browser window/tab, supply "ABCD" as input text and submit the form - I see "ABCD" displayed as result.
4) Opened input page in a new browser window/tab, supply "PQRS" as input and submit the form - I see "PQRS" as result as expected.
5) Refresh first browser window/tab (of step #3). This time the output is "PQRS" again.

Shouldn't session scoped beans be isolated when accessed from different browser windows/tabs? I was expecting that a new tab/window would start a new session and thus session scoped beans will be isolated.

Thanks,
Balwinder