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Sebb commented on VALIDATOR-427:
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I suppose it might be possible to turn the override arrays into instance fields
set at construction.
This would allow an app to create mutiple validators.
That would be an enhancement request. It needs a fair amount of work to ensure
compatibility etc.
> Race Condition in DomainValidator
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>
> Key: VALIDATOR-427
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VALIDATOR-427
> Project: Commons Validator
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 1.6
> Reporter: Steven Sheehy
>
> There's a race condition in DomainValidator which causes our application to
> fail sometimes. The issue occurs when the DomainValidator.getInstance() is
> called before we can call DomainValidator.updateTLDOverride() and we receive
> a IllegalStateException("Can only invoke this method before calling
> getInstance"). In a multi-threaded environment, DomainValidator.getInstance()
> can be called at any time and it is difficult to find a location in
> application startup which ensures DomainValidator.updateTLDOverride() is
> called before to initialize it. I was able to workaround during application
> runtime it by placing the initialization in a Spring @Configuration class,
> but there is no proper location in JUnit tests which can be called before any
> tests run.
> Therefore, I think the proper approach to address this is to allow
> DomainValidator.updateTLDOverride() to be updated at any time including after
> calls to getInstance(). Examining the source, I see that the both methods are
> synchronized and that the custom TLD arrays are all volatile. Therefore,
> assuming Java 1.5 or greater and its guarantees about volatile assignments,
> the code already guarantees proper synchronization for the TLD plus arrays
> and the inUse flag is not needed and can be removed.
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