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Compatibility of Threading Models

This table shows which threading models can you use as children based on the model of the parent.

Compatibility Matrix

Parent↓ Child→ Actor Freezable Immutable Private Reader-Writer Synchronized Synchronized Thread Affine Thread Unsafe
Actor No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Freezable No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Immutable No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Reader-Writer Synchronized Yes (Own) Yes Yes Yes Yes (Shared) No No No
Synchronized Yes (Own) Yes Yes Yes Yes (Shared) Yes (Shared) No No
Thread Affine Yes (Own) Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes (Shared)
Thread Unsafe Yes (Own) Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes (Shared)
Private

When you assign an object with a threading model to another object with a threading model as a child, the assignment statement will block until the thread has full access to both objects. For a Synchronized object, that means it has the lock. For a ReaderWriterSynchronized object, that means it has the write lock. The same is true for an assignment which removes the parent-child link from two objects.

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Parent/Child, Visitor and Disposable