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Multithreaded programs often function erratically or produce erroneous values due to the lack of thread synchronization. Synchronization is the act of serializing (or ordering one at a time) thread ...

The issues aren't really any different. The only difference is the scope. You still need to synchronize access to the fields/methods. <BR><BR>Synchronizing a static method is like a class-level lock ...

The Singleton pattern is deceptively simple, even and especially for Java developers. In this classic JavaWorld article, David Geary demonstrates how Java developers implement singletons, with code ...