Constructor synchronization in Java

Question

Someone somewhere told me that Java constructors are synchronized so that it can\'t be accessed concurrently during construction, and I was wondering: if I have a constructo

Answer 1

Although this question is answered but the code pasted in question doesn't follow safe construction techniques as it allows this reference to escape from constructor , I would like to share a beautiful explanation presented by Brian Goetz in the article: "Java theory and practice: Safe construction techniques" at the IBM developerWorks website.