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SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java
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Rule 08. Visibility and Atomicity (VNA)
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Rule 08. Visibility and Atomicity (VNA)
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Robert Seacord (Manager)
Jun 08, 2010
Last Changed by:
David Svoboda
Aug 07, 2025
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SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (3)
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VNA00-J. Ensure visibility when accessing shared primitive variables
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ERR09-J. Do not allow untrusted code to terminate the JVM
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VNA04-J. Ensure that calls to chained methods are atomic
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VNA00-J. Ensure visibility when accessing shared primitive variables
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VNA01-J. Ensure visibility of shared references to immutable objects
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VNA02-J. Ensure that compound operations on shared variables are atomic
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VNA03-J. Do not assume that a group of calls to independently atomic methods is atomic
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VNA04-J. Ensure that calls to chained methods are atomic
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VNA05-J. Ensure atomicity when reading and writing 64-bit values
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