Why isn't Object.notify() a synchronized method?

[Vitaly Davidovich]

What would synchronized on that method help with? Typically you do
something while holding the lock and then notify while still holding the
lock.

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On May 28, 2015 12:09 PM, "Ulf Zibis" <Ulf.Zibis at cosoco.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> in the Javadoc of notify(), notifyAll() and wait(...) I read, that this
> methods should only be used with synchronisation on it's instance.
> So I'm wondering, why they don't have the synchronized modifier out of the
> box in Object class.
>
> Also I think, the following note should be moved from wait(long,int) to
> wait(long):
> /The current thread must own this object's monitor. The thread releases
> ownership of this monitor and waits until either of the following two
> conditions has occurred://
> /
>
>  * /Another thread notifies threads waiting on this object's monitor to
> wake up either through a
>    call to the notify method or the notifyAll method./
>  * /The timeout period, specified by timeout milliseconds plus nanos
> nanoseconds arguments, has
>    elapsed. /
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ulf
>
>