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+#### Thread safety
+* Classes should be immutable where possible
+* Classes that may be used by multiple threads must be thread-safe
+* If a class is used by a single thread and is not thread-safe, add a comment
+* Fields that are accessed by multiple threads must be volatile or guarded by locks
+* If a field or method is guarded by a lock, add a comment
+
+#### Visibility
+* Minimise the visibility of classes, fields and methods
+* Fields should be private or protected
+* Fields should be final where possible
+* Inner classes should be static where possible
+
+#### Instantiation
+* Don't allow `this` to escape the constructor
+* Complex dependencies should be injected or constructed by factories
+* Use executors rather than creating threads where possible
+
+#### Exceptions
+* Use checked exceptions rather than special return values to indicate errors
+* Unchecked exceptions should only be used for programming errors
+* If you catch an InterruptedException in a synchronous method, interrupt the current thread so the caller learns about the interrupt
+
+#### Blocking
+* Don't call blocking methods from the UI thread
+* Don't call blocking methods from event handlers
+
+#### Locks
+* Avoid using locks where possible
+* Use dedicated lock objects rather than `synchronized`
+* Don't call into other classes while holding locks
+* Don't start database transactions while holding locks