SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java

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Failure to start threads correctly can cause unexpected behavior.

Rule

Severity

Likelihood

Detectable

RepairableRemediation Cost

Priority

Level

THI00-J

Low

Probable

Yes

MediumYes

P4P6

L3L2

Automated Detection

Automated detection of direct invocations of Thread.run() methods is straightforward. Sound automated determination of which specific invocations are permitted may be infeasible. Heuristic approaches may be useful.

Tool
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Checker
Description
CodeSonar

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JAVA.CONCURRENCY.LOCK.SCTBSynchronous Call to Thread Body (Java)
Coverity7.5DC.THREADING.thread_runImplemented
Klocwork

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JD.THREAD.RUN
Parasoft Jtest
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CERT.THI00.IRUNDo not call the 'run()' method directly on classes extending 'java.lang.Thread' or implementing 'java.lang.Runnable'
PVS-Studio

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PVS-Studio_V

V6064
SonarQube
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S1217Thread.run() should not be called directly

Related Guidelines

MITRE CWE

CWE-572, Call to Thread run() instead of start()

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