Ipfa Ovart

Answer a would have been ok if the code was looking like this:

public void run() { for(; ; ) //AN INFINITE LOOP OR CRAB { process(); } } private static synchronized process(){ x++; y++; System.out.println(x+" "+y); }

Here the incrementation of x and y is synchronized by the call to the static method. The lock is the same for each Test instance, unlike in the original piece of code.

Another solution :
private static Object monitor = new Object(); public void run() { for(; ; ) //AN INFINITE LOOP OR CRAB { synchronized(monitor){ x++; y++; System.out.println(x+" "+y); } } }
[ March 13, 2005: Message edited by: Ipfa Ov ]