Hiroshi Ikeda created HADOOP-10304:
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             Summary: Configuration should not expose its instance in 
constructors
                 Key: HADOOP-10304
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-10304
             Project: Hadoop Common
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Hiroshi Ikeda
            Priority: Minor


org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration exposes a reference of its instance in 
constructors via its class variable REGISTRY, which means incomplete instances 
are accessible. For example addDefaultResource() may access incomplete 
instances (especially for subclasses of Configuration).

Actually, static methods in Configuration are not needed to access its 
instances, and it is enough that each instance checks modification of class 
variables. This is also useful to avoid deadlock between locking instances and 
locking the class object, which may be happened when you will resolve race 
conditions yet existing in Configuration.



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