bugfixes mainly...

[mir.git] / source / mircoders / storage / DatabaseComment.java

diff --git a/source/mircoders/storage/DatabaseComment.java b/source/mircoders/storage/DatabaseComment.java
index 2b8108c..5420449 100755 (executable)
--- a/source/mircoders/storage/DatabaseComment.java
+++ b/source/mircoders/storage/DatabaseComment.java
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ public class DatabaseComment extends Database implements StorageObject{
 
        private static DatabaseComment instance;
 
-       public static DatabaseComment getInstance() throws StorageObjectException {
+       // the following *has* to be sychronized cause this static method
+       // could get preemted and we could end up with 2 instances of DatabaseFoo..
+       // see the "Singletons with needles and thread" article at JavaWorld -mh
+       public synchronized static DatabaseComment getInstance() 
+         throws StorageObjectException {
                if (instance == null) {
                        instance = new DatabaseComment();
                        instance.myselfDatabase = instance;