How to use mkdirs in a thread safe manner in Java?

Question

After experiencing issues with mkdirs() and poking around the interwebs, I get the impression that there are thread safety issues with mkdirs().

Is there a way to ensure

Answer 1

Eaven if this thread is a bit older I wonder if there is somethink wrong with the following solution:

package service;

import java.io.File;

public class FileService {

    public static synchronized boolean mkdirs( File dir ) {
        return dir.mkdirs();
    }
}