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does calling sleep() method in the syncronized code causes the thread to free the lock of the object.
 
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No. Only Object.wait() does.
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So, don't sleep() while you own the lock!
 
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sleep() is a static method and causes the current executing thread to sleep. Does that clear things up??
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