Does access/write to Boolean object needs synchronization

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Published on 2010-04-16T03:49:33Z Indexed on 2010/04/16 3:53 UTC
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This may seem a very silly question. Consider this:

I have a simple Boolean object with a getter and a setter. Now both of the methods are called from a lot of threads very frequently.

Do I need to have a synchronization for this boolean?
Also are Boolean assignments atomic operations?

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