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 ...

After a synchronized method completes, whether it completes by returning or by throwing an exception, the lock is released. Bill Venners is president of Artima, Inc., publisher of Artima Developer ...

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 ...

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 ...