You might search the archives for discussion regarding this (maybe in the turbine or stratum archives)
Yes, DCL is broken. Yes it is probably still used in some places in JCS (everywhere I have seen it I have removed it, but patches and such would certainly be accepted). On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 06:59, Georg J�ttner/inasys GmbH wrote: > Hello, > > can I use JCS in case of either optimizing compilers or shared memory >multiprocessors? > > In the JCS documentation "Using JCS: Some basics for the web" the example > class BookVObjManager uses the Double-checked locking idiom. > > This idiom is widely cited and used as an efficient method for implementing > lazy initialization - but the references cited below show, that the > Double-Checked Locking idiom does not work in case of either optimizing > compilers or shared memory multiprocessors. > > Is this idiom used in JCS internally, too? > > Many thanks, > Georg Juttner > > > References: > > http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/singletons > http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/memoryModel/DoubleCheckedLocking.html > > > Example for the Double-checked locking idiom: > > // Double-checked locking -- don't use > public static MySingleton getInstance() { > if (_instance==null) { > synchronized (MySingleton.class) { > if (_instance==null) { > _instance = new MySingleton(); > } > } > } > return _instance; > } > > > | inasys GmbH | +49-228-5205-0 (fon) > | Am Propsthof 76 | +49-228-5205-100 (fax) > | D-53121 Bonn | http://www.inasys.de > | > | Gesch�ftsf�hrer: Ralf Schuster > | Handelsregister Bonn HRB 3994 > | Ust-IDNr. DE 122 120 637 > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
