'''Intent:''' The Double-Checked Locking optimization AntiPattern reduces contention and synchronization overhead whenever CriticalSection''''''s of code need to acquire locks just once, but must be thread-safe when they do acquire locks.

http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/PDF/DC-Locking.pdf

'''Related Patterns:''' LockPattern

This is an AntiPattern because in most languages it doesn't work (DoubleCheckedLockingIsBroken, CppDoubleCheckLock).

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See ''EffectiveJava'' by JoshuaBloch.

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CategoryAntiPattern CategoryConcurrencyPatterns