>>>I'd assume not - otherwise all instances of the class would show the same rights.....
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>>There should be a single instance of that class during the life of the application although if the operator logged out and a different operator logs in, then it's a different instance.
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>Doesn't seem to make sense to me since it implies that only one operator will be logged in at any one time ?

Good point. When I am testing, I am testing alone from my laptop, but in general, of course, there should be many operators logged in simultaneously from different browsers.