Hi Rama,
>>> Servlet#init(ServletConfig servletConfig). This should be a common
>>> pattern in many servlets and the container would dispatch requests to
>>> the servlet only after init.
>>> How do I convince FindBugs to not worry about this?
>> just wildly guessing (I currently don't have any FindBugs
>> installation at hand to check against):
>>
>> The description of MSF_MUTABLE_SERVLET_FIELD says:
>>
>> "A web server generally only creates one instance of servlet or jsp
>> class (i.e., treats the class as a Singleton), and will have multiple
>> threads invoke methods on that instance to service multiple
>> simultaneous requests. Thus, having a mutable instance field
>> generally creates race conditions."
>>
>> Would it be possible to make your field a *static* variable of your
>> Servlet class instead of an instance variable and thereby signal to
>> FindBugs that you take care of the fact that it will not create a
>> race condition?
>>
> No, the value is associated with an instance and computed from
> ServletConfig. I could have synchronized, But I feel its not warranted
> for this case.
volatile might be enough.
WBR,
Alexey.
>
> thanks,
> Rama Pulavarthi
>
>> HTH & best regards,
>>
>> Andreas
>>
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