Name: dkR10031 Date: 12/10/2002



The J2SE 1.4 API specification proposes different sound
resources for working with sound: mixer, sequencer, synthesizer and
other. But the specification does not specify how they should be used in
concurrent thread environment. The spec does not describe which sound
resources are 'thread-safe' or which constraints should be used in
concurrent thread environment for preventing race condition or
dead-locking.

The specification should be updated by clarifying which sound
resources are 'thread-safe' and which constraints should be
used if sound resource is not 'thread-safe'.

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