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'wait()' or 'notify()' is not in synchronized context

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Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports calls to wait(), notify(), and notifyAll() that are not made inside a corresponding synchronized statement or synchronized method.

Calling these methods on an object without holding a lock on that object causes IllegalMonitorStateException. 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.

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