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Asked: 2026-05-10T20:29:27+00:00

In what cases is it necessary to synchronize access to instance members? I understand

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In what cases is it necessary to synchronize access to instance members? I understand that access to static members of a class always needs to be synchronized- because they are shared across all object instances of the class.

My question is when would I be incorrect if I do not synchronize instance members?

for example if my class is

public class MyClass {     private int instanceVar = 0;      public setInstanceVar()     {         instanceVar++;     }      public getInstanceVar()     {         return instanceVar;     } }

in what cases (of usage of the class MyClass) would I need to have methods: public synchronized setInstanceVar() and public synchronized getInstanceVar() ?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

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  1. It depends on whether you want your class to be thread-safe. Most classes shouldn’t be thread-safe (for simplicity) in which case you don’t need synchronization. If you need it to be thread-safe, you should synchronize access or make the variable volatile. (It avoids other threads getting ‘stale’ data.)

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