X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fanalysis%2FAlignmentSorter.java;h=8a387c7b8263c7f2ce89ddcaab286cede7167a9b;hb=c794c5033adeee182b03a5ea92c0a7495a29661f;hp=2d05865da2584a1f705f2377104895464c02bd99;hpb=3609d4b908fa64cab35f2348401baab3347188fc;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/analysis/AlignmentSorter.java b/src/jalview/analysis/AlignmentSorter.java
index 2d05865..8a387c7 100755
--- a/src/jalview/analysis/AlignmentSorter.java
+++ b/src/jalview/analysis/AlignmentSorter.java
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ public class AlignmentSorter
     }
 
     // NOTE: DO NOT USE align.setSequenceAt() here - it will NOT work
-    List<SequenceI> asq;
-    synchronized (asq = align.getSequences())
+    List<SequenceI> asq = align.getSequences();
+    synchronized (asq)
     {
       for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
       {
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ public class AlignmentSorter
   public static void setOrder(AlignmentI align, SequenceI[] seqs)
   {
     // NOTE: DO NOT USE align.setSequenceAt() here - it will NOT work
-    List<SequenceI> algn;
-    synchronized (algn = align.getSequences())
+    List<SequenceI> algn = align.getSequences();
+    synchronized (algn)
     {
       List<SequenceI> tmp = new ArrayList<>();