Subj : Re: How do I use the Java API in a Thread-Safe Manner?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Al Koch
Date : Thu Jun 23 2005 03:20 pm

Hi David,

Thanks again for your input.

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> In principle you're correct. In practice these issues affect only a small,
> and avoidable, proportion of the standard APIs.

I guess that after spending a week thinking and reseraching this I'm left
with the realization that 1) there is a lot of confusion and conflicting
information on this topic 2) there is no "clean" solution to the general
problem 3) there's no way around looking at a lot of implementation code and
perhaps issuing a lot of inquiries to forums about specific APIs.

All of this sure adds up to a material amount of work to build a
"thread-safe" app.  In fact, just defining what "thread-safe" means for an
app may be a bit of a challenge!

As a final question, do you have any references or resources that you think
are good for dealing with these issues?

Thanks again for your help.

Al,
AlKoch@MyRealBoxREMOVEALLTHESECHARS.com

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