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One of the strengths of the Java programming language is its support for multithreading at the language level. Much of this support centers on synchronization: coordinating activities and data access ...

Object Locking As mentioned in earlier chapters, some of the Java virtual machine's runtime data areas are shared by all threads, others are private to individual threads. Because the heap and method...

Synchronization Support in the Instruction Set As mentioned earlier, the language provides two built-in ways to identify monitor regions in your programs: synchronized statements and synchronized met...

Coordination Support in Class Object Class Object declares five methods that enable programmers to access the Java virtual machine's support for the coordination aspect of synchronization. These meth...