Name: skT45625 Date: 06/09/2000


java version "1.2.2"
Classic VM (build JDK-1.2.2_005, native threads, symcjit)

Java.util.PropertyResourceBundle is implemented using a Hashtable for caching
the properties, and therefore the method getObject() is synchronized.

The problem with this synchronized method in a web application is that there
are around a hundred threads that share the same bundle, and call getSring()
about a hundred times per page. All those calls need to wait in line for that
resource.

There is actually no need for that method to be synchronized because the
propertyResourceBundle is immutable (Once the property file is loaded, the
bundle cannot be changed).

In a web application the short response time is crucial, and therefor,
PropertyResourceBundle is useless for its internationalization.
(Review ID: 105928)
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