Understanding Java threads – read the whole series Part 1: Introducing threads and runnables Part 2: Thread synchronization Part 3: Thread scheduling, wait/notify, and thread interruption Part 4 ...

This isn't so much as a "how do I do it" question, because that works. What I have is more of a conceptual question. If we take the following statements:1. For a given object, only one thread may ...

This month’s Under the Hood looks at thread synchronization in both the Java language and the Java virtual machine (JVM). This article is the last in the long series of bytecode articles I began ...

Learn about the best practices for concurrency in Java to ensure your multi-threaded applications are efficient, synchronized, and error-free.

The primary tool for managing coordination between threads in Java programs is the synchronized keyword. Because of the rules involving cache flushing and invalidation, a synchronized block in the ...

To unlock the power of virtual threads in Java, developers must understand how they work versus traditional threads and how to avoid the problem of pinning.

When the thread leaves the synchronized code, the lock must be released. Acquiring and releasing an object’s lock requires time and resources. By using the volatile keyword, you can avoid this ...