Re: Using "synchronized" but still getting IllegalMonitorStateException

I'm trying to execute this bit of JUnit test code (Java 1.5):

    public void testEventLoggerFailure() {
        try {
            synchronized(this) {
                EventLogger el = new EventLogger(null,
                       null,
                       null,
                       null);
                el.start();
                el.wait();
            } // synchronized
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            fail(e.getMessage());
        } // catch
    } // testEventLoggerFailure

but yet, at the "el.wait()" line the below exceptioin is thrown ...

java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException: current thread not owner
    at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)

Any ideas? Thanks, - Dave