Re: Findbugs and locks?
Daniel Pitts wrote:
Knute Johnson wrote:
Ah but look at what does!
static void method(int n) throws IOException {
// WriteLock lock = lockArray[n].writeLock();
// lock.lock();
lockArray[n].writeLock().lock();
try {
// do some disk I/O
} finally {
// lock.unlock();
lockArray[n].writeLock().unlock();
}
}
I think it is a bug in findbugs. I think I'll drop them a line.
I don't think its a bug in findbugs.
The problem is that lockArray[n] might through an exception in the
finally if the lockArray changes size. lockArray[n] might also be
assigned a null at some point, so lockArray[n].writeLock() could through
an NPE.
I think a better approach would be to have method take a Lock rather
than an index into an array.
Hope this helps,
Daniel.
If the lock throws an exception, how can it be locked?
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