Re: Using ReentrantLock
Arne Vajh??j wrote:
Lew wrote:
Arne Vajh??j wrote:
I was actually talking about the similar but slightly different
situation where the object are made available after assignment.
Object o = new Object();
something(o);
// now o could be shared among threads if the something made it so
Provided 'o' is 'final'.
I can not see why final or non-final should make a difference
here.
First there is the JLS that says (17.4.1):
Local variables (??14.4), formal method parameters (??8.4.1) or
exception handler parameters are never shared between threads
and are unaffected by the memory model.
The only way I know of to get a thread to share a local variable value is as
an inner class that refers to a variable in the invoking context, which
requires that the outer variable be 'final'.
JLS 8.1.3:
Any local variable, formal method parameter or
exception handler parameter used but not declared in an inner class
must be declared final.
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Lew
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