A use-case for synchronized(new Object())
问题 In a recent answer I suggested that it is possible to achieve the functionality of volatile by synchronizing on the object containing the variable we need to be volatile (asker does not have access to the variable in code). This got me thinking that I actually don't need to block on the containing object, I just need to achieve a memory barrier. As synchronized achieves both synchronisation and a memory barrier, if all I need is the memory barrier (as in this case) would it actually be better