Re: java.util.Hashtable.size()/isEmpty()

[Dalibor Topic]

--- Sascha Brawer <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> the implementations of java.util.Hashtable.size()
> and
> java.util.Hashtable.isEmpty() merely access a single
> integer member
> field.  Since accesses to integer variables are
> required to be atomic, I
> think these two methods don't need to be
> synchronized. Do people agree?

They have never [1] been marked as synchronized in
official Java APIs anyway. Some methods have changed
their synchronization status between relases, so you
might want to look into that as well.

Have fun,

Dalibor Topic

[1] Java 1.0 - Java 1.4

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