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

Creating a permanent thread pool at the start of a program became a common workaround for clunky threads. All that changed in Java 19, with the arrival of virtual threads.

In addition, as of version 21, Java supports virtual threads, which significantly simplifies the asynchronous programming typically used with threads. How virtual threads work Java 21 virtual threads ...