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Unconditional 'wait()' call

Reports wait() being called unconditionally within a synchronized context.

Normally, wait() is used to block a thread until some condition is true. If wait() is called unconditionally, it often indicates that the condition was checked before a lock was acquired. In that case a data race may occur, with the condition becoming true between the time it was checked and the time the lock was acquired.

While constructs found by this inspection are not necessarily incorrect, they are certainly worth examining.

Example:

class Bar { void foo() throws InterruptedException { synchronized (this) { wait(); // warning } } }

Locating this inspection

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Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

UnconditionalWait
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Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Java, 243.23126

Last modified: 03 December 2024