Loom is a newer project in the Java and JVM ecosystem. Hosted by OpenJDK, the Loom project addresses limitations in the traditional Java concurrency model. In particular, it offers a lighter ...

Java’s thread model makes it a strong contender among concurrent languages, but multithreading has always been inherently tricky. Structured concurrency allows you to use multiple threads with ...

Virtual threads are a lightweight implementation of Java threads, delivered as a preview feature in Java 19. They dramatically reduce the effort of writing, maintaining, and observing high ...

When a virtual thread runs blocking code, which is code that forces threads to wait until an operation completes -- for example, executing an HTTP request to a web server -- the Continuation object ...

Currently, OpenJDK and Java library vendors use different release strategies. OpenJDK employs the "tip and tail" model, while library vendors generally follow a "one update for all" approach.

This article explores pinning, strategies to deal with it, and critical considerations for developers when they approach this new and promising concurrency model. The benefits of virtual threads.

JDK 21's virtual threads are a major leap forward for Java's concurrency model. Previously, Java relied on OS threads, which were resource-heavy, limiting how many threads could run concurrently.

News. Microsoft Visual Studio Code for Java Now Supports Virtual Threads. By David Ramel; November 1, 2022; The October update of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) for Java has arrived with ...