hey folks, i’m writing a sprint boot web server in kotlin and i’ve come across a library (written in...

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[John Pena]

hey folks, i’m writing a sprint boot web server in kotlin and i’ve come across a library (written in java) that has a synchronized block, do i have to do anything special to call this function and ensure it completes?

[Matteo Mirk]

nothing to do, a synchronized block uses a thread lock under the hood and blocks execution until complete. It’s a Java synchronization primitive.