Synchronized block parameter question

[Richard Teston]

In the synchronize block syntax:
synchronized( ? )
{
// code to be synchronized
}
What is the "?".?
What is its significance to the block?

[David O'Meara]

The ? is the object lock. Short answer is that it is an indication of something (an object) that must be unique for the threads to be able to get past.
If you use 'this', then that code block will only be able to be accessed by one thread on that instance at a time. If you use 'this.getClass()', the block will only be able to be executed by one thread at a time for all instances of that object type...
I recommend doing a search in this forum for 'Object Lock", but a nice thread is here
Dave

[David O'Meara]

A little more complicated, but this one is nice too.
Dave

[andyverma]

Originally posted by Richard Teston:
In the synchronize block syntax:
synchronized( ? )
{
// code to be synchronized
}
What is the "?".?
What is its significance to the block?

? is the object refernce,the monitor of this object refence has to be acquired by the thread who wishes to exceute the block of synchronized code.