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authorReinier Zwitserloot <reinier@tipit.to>2009-07-18 02:59:32 +0200
committerReinier Zwitserloot <reinier@tipit.to>2009-07-18 02:59:32 +0200
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named <code>$LOCK</code> instead.
</p><p>
If you want, you can create these locks yourself. The <code>$lock</code> and <code>$LOCK</code> fields will of course not be generated if you
- already created them yourself. You can also choose to lock on another field, by using specifying it as parameter to the <code>@Synchronized</code>
- annotation. In this usage variant, the fields will not be created automatically, and you must explicitly create them yourself.
+ already created them yourself. You can also choose to lock on another field, by specifying it as parameter to the <code>@Synchronized</code>
+ annotation. In this usage variant, the fields will not be created automatically, and you must explicitly create them yourself, or an error will be emitted.
</p><p>
Locking on <code>this</code> or your own class object can have unfortunate side-effects, as other code not under your control can lock on these
objects as well, which can cause race conditions and other nasty threading-related bugs.
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
If <code>$lock</code> and/or <code>$LOCK</code> are auto-generated, the fields are initialized with an empty <code>Object[]</code> array, and not
just a <code>new Object()</code> as most snippets showing this pattern in action use. Lombok does this because a new object is <em>NOT</em>
serializable, but 0-size array is. Therefore, using <code>@Synchronized</code> will not prevent your object from being serialized.
+ </p><p>
+ If you'd like to know why a field is not automatically generated when you choose your own name for the lock object: Because otherwise making a typo
+ in the field name will result in a <em>very</em> hard to find bug!
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