Synchronization on a static object

Question

If I have a code like:
synchronized(_otherParsers)
_otherParsers = new Vector();
} knowing the _otherParsers is a static object in the class, the synchronization will block all access to the object or it will block the access to the sync. block?
OBS: So when one thread enters the synchronized block, accesses to that object by other threads are blocked until the original thread exits the synchronized block. [PENDING: verify previous statement, and figure out if synch'ed blocks block out all method calls on the object or just synch'ed ones] (quote from Java Tutorial, http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/together/bingo/synchronized.html)

Answer 1

IIRC, when using synchronize(someObject) then
someObject is locked, meaning that the original object
isn't locked. So other methods will execute correctly.let's say the following:import java.util.Vector;
public class A {
  public static Vector v = null;
  public A() {
    v = new Vector();
  public static void main(String[] args)
     B b = new B();
     new Thread(b).start();
     new A();
class B implements Runnable {
  public void run() {
    synchronized(A.v) {
        A.v = new Vector();
        A.v.add("test");
}As you can clearly see, the static vector, member of A class is initialized twice (once by the new A() in the main method of A class and once by A.v = new Vector() in the run() method of B class). Assuming the thread enters the synchronized block before the call to new A() in the main method, when that call ocures, is the A.v object locked? or not?