Can I lock class-level (static) variables? A static member attribute can be modified by more than one calling program at a time; can I somehow make sure it's locked? I could think of using something like: synchronized(this.class) inside the method that modifies the variable. Also, I think I will need to make the static variable private. But does it make sense to make it private? Then I would give one public static function that allows modification to this variable. Also, in this method I should use: synchronized(this.class) { // modify the static attribute here. } // End of synchronized block. Will this ensure that no two modifying threa   More>>