Name: nt126004 Date: 03/06/2002


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
JDK 1.2 - 1.4

FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :
n/a (purely a documentation issue, but the bug form
requires entering an OS)

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The documentation for java.util.Properties should
mention whether or not the class is thread-safe,
probably as part of the class description.

The documentation for JDK1.1 specified
Properties.load and Properties.store as synchronized,
but the javadoc tool omits 'synchronized' from method
signatures since 1.2.


REGRESSION. Last worked in version 1.1.8

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. read http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/java/util/
Properties.html

This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER WORKAROUND :
Guess thread-safety from (a) looking at the
documentation of JDK 1.1, (b) from the fact that
java.util.Properties is a subclass of the thread-safe
java.util.Hashtable.
(Review ID: 139738)
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