Sunday, 17 April 2011

What is the difference when the synchronized keyword is applied to a static method or to a non static method?

When a synch non static method is called a lock is obtained on the object. When a synch static method is called a lock is obtained on the class and not on the object. The lock on the object and the lock on the class donĂ¢€™t interfere with each other. It means, a thread accessing a synch non static method, then the other thread can access the synch static method at the same time but canot access the synch non static method.

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