Re: Is 'new' operator thread-safe?
"xie bo" <xiebopublic@gmail.com> wrote in message
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In my interpretation, no. There's a difference between the instant in
time when the new operator is executed, and the instant in time when the
constructor finishes. This issue actually comes up in double-check
locking:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-dcl.html
I read the article "Double-checked locking and the Singleton pattern"
in http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-dcl.html.
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To show how this occurs, consider the following pseudo code for the
line: instance =new Singleton();
mem = allocate(); //Allocate memory for Singleton object.
instance = mem; //Note that instance is now non-null, but has not been
initialized.
ctorSingleton(instance); //Invoke constructor for Singleton passing
instance.
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My question: Is the out-of-order bug fixed for J2SE 1.5? (because JSR
133 was adopted by J2SE 1.5)
I don't know what specific implementations do about the above, but from
what I understand, the issue that is described in the double-check locking
article is not considered to be a bug.
- Oliver
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