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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

Incorrect use of Synchronised Data Structures For relatively simple scenarios, Java's built-in synchronized collections facility can provide the right level of thread safety without too much effort.

I think the Java Language Specification says it best: “A field may be declared volatile, in which case, a thread must reconcile its working copy of the field with the master copy every time it ...