returns true if the implementation of datapublisher is thread-safe . for a thread-safe datapublisher , this method should return this.getclass == . class to ensure that any extensions must explicitly be marked as thread safe . concode_field_sep State state concode_field_sep boolean canBeSkipped concode_elem_sep State getState concode_elem_sep void publish concode_elem_sep void initialize concode_elem_sep void publishMetadata concode_elem_sep DataPublisher getInstance concode_elem_sep void publishData concode_elem_sep boolean shouldPublishMetadataFirst
boolean function ( ) { return this . getClass ( ) == DataPublisher . class ; }