FailFast机制

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FailFast机制的定义

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FailFast机制的定义

Java中对非线程安全的容器的迭代器进行了限制。JDK中具体描述如下：

structurally modified at any time after the iterator is
 * created, in any way except through the iterator's own
 * {remove()}  or
 * {add(Object)} methods, the iterator will throw a
 * {@link ConcurrentModificationException}.  Thus, in the face of
 * concurrent modification, the iterator fails quickly and cleanly, rather
 * than risking arbitrary, non-deterministic behavior at an undetermined
 * time in the future.

也就是说当在容器上创建了迭代器之后，如果调用了非迭代器提供的删除/添加等会修改容器内部数据结构的方法，譬如容器自身的添加/删除操作，那么迭代器在迭代过程中，检测到这个变化将抛出ConcurrentModificationException，导致迭代失败。