new java.util.BitSet and Synchronization

[Archie Cobbs]

Parmelan, Edouard writes:
> The problem is a possible dead lock, and I don't know how to workaround:
> 
> Imagine two BitSet a and b, and two threads t1 and t2.
> t1 executes a.equals(b)
> t2 executes b.equals(a)
> 
> equals() should lock a and b in the same order for the two threads
> but I don't know how to check the order :(

You could have a single static Object variable and synchronize
on it before doing any operations that involve multiple BitSet
objects...

-Archie

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