Synchronize forEach() in SynchronizedCollection - #720
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This PR aligns org.apache.commons.collections4.collection.SynchronizedCollection with java.util.Collections.synchronizedCollection by synchronizing forEach(...) on the decorator’s lock, preventing traversal via the deliberately-unsynchronized iterator() default implementation.
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- Override
SynchronizedCollection#forEach(Consumer)to delegate undersynchronized (lock). - Add a parameterized JUnit 5 test that asserts
forEachexecutes while holding the decorator monitor across all affected synchronized decorators.
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| src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/collection/SynchronizedCollection.java | Adds a forEach override synchronized on lock to avoid unsynchronized iteration. |
| src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/collection/SynchronizedCollectionTest.java | Adds parameterized coverage ensuring forEach holds the expected lock for multiple synchronized decorators. |
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Thank you @rootvector2 , merged 🚀 |
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noticed while diffing the overridden method list against
java.util.Collections.synchronizedCollection:SynchronizedCollectionguardsremoveIfbut never overridesforEach, so the inherited default walks the deliberately unsynchronizediterator()and a concurrent writer tripsConcurrentModificationException; delegatingforEachunderlockcoversSynchronizedBag,SynchronizedSortedBag,SynchronizedMultiSet,SynchronizedSortedMultiSetandSynchronizedQueuetoo since they all extend it, whilestream()andspliterator()stay unsynchronized for the same reason the JDK leaves them so: their traversal happens after the lock would be released.mvn; that'smvnon the command line by itself.