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This code does not violate CON06CON11-J. Do not synchronize on a collection view if the backing collection is accessible, because while it does synchronize on a collection view (the synchronizedList), the backing collection is inaccessible, and therefore cannot be modified by any code.

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This compliant solution does not use Collections.synchronizedMap() because locking on the unsynchronized map provides sufficient thread-safety for this application. CON06CON11-J. Do not synchronize on a collection view if the backing collection is accessible provides more information about synchronizing on synchronizedMap objects.

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\[[API 06|AA. Java References#API 06]\] 
\[[JavaThreads 04|AA. Java References#JavaThreads 04]\] Section 8.2, "Synchronization and Collection Classes"
\[[Goetz 06|AA. Java References#Goetz 06]\] Section 4.4.1, "Client-side Locking," Section 5.2.1, "ConcurrentHashMap"
\[[Lee 09|AA. Java References#Lee 09]\] "Map & Compound Operation"

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CON06CON11-J. Do not synchronize on a collection view if the backing collection is accessible      11. Concurrency (CON)      CON01-J. Ensure visibility of shared references to immutable objects