* some-java-user: > However, neither the static fields are `volatile` nor are the getter > methods synchronized. So if my understanding of the Java Memory > Model is correct, the compiler is free to reorder the two static > field reads. So it is in theory possible that the first read yields > a non-`null` value, but the second read yields a `null` value which > leads to incorrect behavior (for further reading [1]).
> [1] > https://shipilev.net/blog/2016/close-encounters-of-jmm-kind/#wishful-benign-is-resilient Can the JVM be multi-threaded at this point? If not, program order results in the desired behavior.
