Tom Hawtin wrote:
> In the case above, the class' Class will have a reference to the String.
> The Class cannot disappear while the method is executing. Therefore,
> there is no data race. However you can easily create a race using
>
> synchronized ("some ".concat("string").intern()) {
>
> which would be your own fault.
>From an exclusion perspective there is no problem.
But technically from a JMM perspective if different threads actually see a
different interned string instance then there is no happens-before
relationship connecting the unlock and a subsequent lock.
David Holmes
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