Hello Experts,

is

final Map<Integer,Map<String,Integer>> status = new ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, Map<String,Integer>>();
Map<Integer,Map<String,Integer>> statusInner = new ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, Map<String,Integer>>();
status.put(key,statusInner);

the same as

volatile Map<Integer,Map<String,Integer>> status = new ConcurrentHashMap<Integer,   Map<String,Integer>>();
Map<Integer,Map<String,Integer>> statusInner = new ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, Map<String,Integer>>();
status.put(key,statusInner);

in case the inner Map is accessed by different Threads?

or is even something like this required:

volatile Map<Integer,Map<String,Integer>> status = new ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, Map<String,Integer>>();
volatile Map<Integer,Map<String,Integer>> statusInner = new ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, Map<String,Integer>>();
status.put(key,statusInner);

In case the it is NOT a "cascaded" map, final and volatile have in the end the same effect of making shure that all threads see always the correct contents of the Map... But what happens if the Map iteself contains a map, as in the example... How do I make shure that the inner Map is correctly "Memory barriered"?

Tanks! Tom