can we synchronise static variables

[sandeepsai39]

I am new to java .

My doubt is can we synchronise static variables,that means static variable can be used in multithreading concept.

[masijade]

You need to write static getter and setter methods and synchronize those

    private static int var;
    
    public static synchronized void setVar(int i) {
        var = i;
    }
    
    public static synchronized int getVar() {
        return var;
    }

and use only those methods to access the variable, of course.

The exact same way you "synchronize" anything else, of course.

[sandeepsai39]

that means if we want to use a static variable in multithreading concept we can not assign static variable like ClassName.staticvar = something from any where.

[masijade]

Well what did I say?

Not doing that may still get the same value to all threads eventually but there is no guarantee as to when, or if as all threads will have "local" copies of the reference values.

You must, of course, then do

ClassName.setVar(value);
// and
value = ClassName.getVar();

rather than

ClassName.var = value;
// and
value = ClassName.var;

What is it about this that puts you off? It's not as though its all that much more to type, is it?

[sandeepsai39]

thank u for your response