synchronization problem: Please help me

[Senthil Kumaresan]

Friends,
I was given the following class (IncrementImpl) already written. Now we have so many threads which access this concurrently. How can I make it synchronize it.
Please help me.

Thanks,
Senthil.
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public class IncrementImpl {
private static int counter = 0;
public synchronized void increment() {
counter++;
}
public int getCounter() {
return counter;
}
}

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Are you expecting something more complicated than making the getCounter() method synchronized?

[Senthil Kumaresan]

Ernest Friedman,
Thanks for your response. I think synchronizing getCounter method is enough.
Thanks a lot.
Senthil.

[John Smith]

I suppose it's a little too academic, but declaring counter as volatile is an alternative solution, as long as you getCounter() method stays as atomic as it is.