fix(AutoReloadAssetTypeManager): synchronize methods to avoid NPE#102
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…inter Exception during switchEnvironment switchEnvironment leaves a closed reloadOnChangeHandler for a moment, which caused reloadChangedAssets() to crash if called from another thread.
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Sounds reasonable to me. However, I likely have even less experience with thread safety in Java, so feel free to wait for a review from somebody else 😅
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It's a topic that's worth some attention, but I get the feeling I should not hold my breath for it. I rate this as a low-risk change, so I'm going to go ahead and merge it. If we find |
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switchEnvironment leaves a closed reloadOnChangeHandler for a moment, which caused reloadChangedAssets() to crash if called from another thread.
I don't believe this is the most efficient locking strategy for this, but the ergonomics of marking methods as
synchronizedare so much better than usingLock.lock(). I tried a few other things but they added a ton of noise to the code, so I decided to submit this more readable version until we find something wrong with it.I have very little experience managing thread safety in Java and am extra open to suggestions on this one.
Blocks MovingBlocks/Terasology#4622
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MTE tests run under MovingBlocks/Terasology#4622 consistently crash without a fix for this. Should be able to reproduce with something like