Passing “this” in java constructor

Question

Look into the following code:

public class ClassA {
    private boolean ClassAattr = false;

    public ClassA() {    
        ClassAHandler handler = new Cl         


        

Answer 1

This page has a very good explanation of why letting the "this" reference escape is a bad idea:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp0618.html#2

Check the "Don't publish the "this" reference during construction" section