Re: basic thread issue

From: Michael Borgwardt (brazil_at_brazils-animeland.de)
Date: 01/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:16:58 +0100

jim wrote:
> Do threads make contention to method varaibles? I remember threads can make
> contention to instance variables. In order to protect instance variable
> integrity, I can use synchronized as a method modifier or use synchronized
> block inside method body. For a method, each thread has a different
> allocated memory space. Is this right?

local variables live on the stack, and each thread has its own stack, yes.

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