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'notify()' or 'notifyAll()' while not synced

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Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports calls to notify() and notifyAll() not within a corresponding synchronized statement or synchronized method.

Calling these methods on an object without holding a lock on that object will result in an IllegalMonitorStateException being thrown. Such a construct is not necessarily an error, as the necessary lock may be acquired before the containing method is called, but it's worth looking at.