Hi there,
I'm building an application that makes heavy use of centralized static
methods (and variables) and would just appreciate hearing someone grade my
understanding of the concept.

In probably common fashion, my static methods are typically in the DAL of my
web application. I don't have any concerns about the methods, but a lot of
collections (ArrayLists, custom collections inheriting from
System.Collections.CollectionBase, etc) are being created and passed out of
this layer. These are _not_ static collections, and my understanding is that
these are instantiated and passed out par norm, regardless of the fact that
the method itself is static. However, knowing that collections are
inherently thread-UNsafe, I still wonder about this and whether there are
exceptions to the rule or pitfalls I should be watching out for. It seems
that I shouldn't be worried about it in the capacity I've just described.
I'm pretty sure this is the case, but I'd rest easier if I could hear an
active confirmation of this..

Thanks for any advice,
S