Re: Thread safe instance variables

Hi.

Yes.  IF a bean can be updated in multiple threads,
then a setter for an instance variable could be
synchronized to ensure only 1 process updates it at a
time...  You can always pass parms to a method and use
local method variables that "thread safe" because they
are only used in the stack...

Jim Mason

--- "Eyers, Daniel" <daniel.eyers@honeywell.com>
wrote:
>
> I'm still a bit hazy on thread safe stuff... Many
> things that I read seem to indicate that instance
> variables are
> generally evil and should be avoided "like the
> plague" (actual quote).  Seems to me that is a bit
> contrary to Java in
> general.
>
> If I wanted to use instance variables in a class,
> would I simply syncronize the setters to insure
> thread safety?
>
> Seems like beans need to be concerned with threads,
> as they can be run simultaneously on a web server.
>
> Any help would be appreciated... I guess I'm still
> thinking in terms of a single path.....
>
> thanks
>
> dan
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