HI Bran:
There is no relation betn static and synchronize
If you are synchronizing the static method than it
does means you are giving him the class level lock,
and not instance level lock.
Hope that help
Regards
Hemant
--- Brandon Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have looked all over and can't find the answer to
> this simple question.
> If you use a static method, do you have to
> synchronize it in case other
> people may access it at the same time. For example,
> I have a static Utility
> class to do date calculations. The method
> Utility.getMonth(String date)
> takes in a full date string, parses it, and returns
> just the month value.
> If 5 different people all using the website attempt
> to use
> Utility.getMonth(String date) at the same time for
> different dates, will it
> return the right results? If not, do I have to
> synchronize it or something
> in case multiple users attempt to access it?
>
> I know this is not really related to tomcat, but
> since I am using tomcat,
> and everyone else using tomcat is also a java
> developer, I figured this is
> the best place I can ask.
>
> Thanks for any help!!!
>
> Brandon
>
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