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Using simplistic concurrency primitives to process an unbounded number of requests could result in severe performance degradation, deadlock, or system resource exhaustion and DOS.
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TPS00-J | Low | Probable | High | P2 | L3 |
Automated Detection
Sound automated detection is infeasible; heuristic checks could be useful.
| Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasoft Jtest |
| TRS.ISTART | Do not call the 'start()' method directly on Thread class instances |
Related Guidelines
Bibliography
[API 2014] | |
Chapter 8, "Applying Thread Pools" | |
Section 4.1.3, "Thread-Per-Message" |
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