Synchronized and exceptions

[Chris Bicnal]

Hi everyone,

I've been out of the game for a while so wanted to run something by you all. Let's say we have the following code...

 synchronized(object){
  if(a == b){
   throw new RuntimeException();
 }
}   

..in that instance, what happens to the lock on the object object if a were to equal b?

Thanks,

Chris

[Fernando Franzini]

The object will be released no matter how it happend...ie by throw exception or by end of execution synchronized block.

[Chris Bicnal]

Good stuff, that's what I thought although I wanted to make sure!

Thanks!

Chris