Is DocumentBuilder.parse() thread safe?

Question

Is the standard Java 1.6 javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder class thread safe? Is it safe to call the parse() method from several threads in parallel?

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Answer 1

There's a reset() method on DocumentBuilder which restores it to the state when it was first created. If you're going the ThreadLocal route, don't forget to call this or you're hosed.