Is there an advantage to use a Synchronized Method instead of a Synchronized Block?

Question

Can anyone help me understand the advantage of synchronized method over synchronized block?

Answer 1

Basically, there are no such advantages of using a synchronized method over a block. In the synchronized method, we do not need to include "this" as a reference.

For Method:

public synchronized void method() { // blocks "this" from here.... 

    ...

    ...

    ...

} // to here

For Block:

public void method() { 

    synchronized( this ) { // blocks "this" from here .... 

        ....

        ....

        ....

    }  // to here...

}

I hope this will help.

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