public class GetterLazyExample { private final java.util.concurrent.AtomicReference<java.lang.Object> cached = new java.util.concurrent.AtomicReference<java.lang.Object>(); public double[] getCached() { java.lang.Object value = this.cached.get(); if (value == null) { synchronized(this.cached) { value = this.cached.get(); if (value == null) { final double[] actualValue = expensive(); value = actualValue == null ? this.cached : actualValue; this.cached.set(value); } } } return (double[])(value == this.cached ? null : value); } private double[] expensive() { double[] result = new double[1000000]; for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) { result[i] = Math.asin(i); } return result; } }