> From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] > Subject: Re: [OT] using static helper classes within servlets > > NB: DCL does not work in Java. Period.
While that statement was true for 1.4 and prior JVMs, 1.5 actually made DCL work. > http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/memoryModel/DoubleCheckedLocking.html Note that the majority of the above was written prior to the development of JSR 133, let alone its implementation; my reading of JSR 133 indicates that the volatile keyword is no longer required, due to the requirement of flushing any internally cached values at the entrance to a synchronized block. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers.
