All this Handler's are stateless and there is nothing to protect via synchronization.
------------- Commit messages: - [PATCH] Remove redundant synchronized from URLStreamHandler.openConnection methods Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6373/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=6373&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8278263 Stats: 36 lines in 3 files changed: 0 ins; 26 del; 10 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6373.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/6373/head:pull/6373 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6373