Create a growable array of int values, suitable for use with multiple threads in Java

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 * Copyright (c) 2004 David Flanagan.  All rights reserved.
 * This code is from the book Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3nd Edition.
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/**
 * A growable array of int values, suitable for use with multiple threads.
 */
public class ThreadSafeIntList {
  protected int[] data; // This array holds the integers

  protected int size; // This is how many it current holds

  // Static final values are constants. This one is private.
  private static final int DEFAULT_CAPACITY = 8;

  // Create a ThreadSafeIntList with a default capacity
  public ThreadSafeIntList() {
    // We don't have to set size to zero because newly created objects
    // automatically have their fields set to zero, false, and null.
    data = new int[DEFAULT_CAPACITY]; // Allocate the array
  }

  // This constructor returns a copy of an existing ThreadSafeIntList.
  // Note that it synchronizes its access to the original list.
  public ThreadSafeIntList(ThreadSafeIntList original) {
    synchronized (original) {
      this.data = (int[]) original.data.clone();
      this.size = original.size;
    }
  }

  // Return the number of ints stored in the list
  public synchronized int size() {
    return size;
  }

  // Return the int stored at the specified index
  public synchronized int get(int index) {
    if (index < 0 || index >= size) // Check that argument is legitimate
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(String.valueOf(index));
    return data[index];
  }

  // Append a new value to the list, reallocating if necessary
  public synchronized void add(int value) {
    if (size == data.length)
      setCapacity(size * 2); // realloc if necessary
    data[size++] = value; // add value to list
  }

  // Remove all elements from the list
  public synchronized void clear() {
    size = 0;
  }

  // Copy the contents of the list into a new array and return that array
  public synchronized int[] toArray() {
    int[] copy = new int[size];
    System.arraycopy(data, 0, copy, 0, size);
    return copy;
  }

  // Reallocate the data array to enlarge or shrink it.
  // Not synchronized because it is always called from synchronized methods.
  protected void setCapacity(int n) {
    if (n == data.length)
      return; // Check size
    int[] newdata = new int[n]; // Allocate the new array
    System.arraycopy(data, 0, newdata, 0, size); // Copy data into it
    data = newdata; // Replace old array
  }
}