More Java 17: An In-Depth Exploration of the Java Language and Its Features

© Kishori Sharan, Peter Späth 2021

K. Sharan, P. SpäthMore Java 17 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7135-3_5

5. Threads

Kishori Sharan¹   and Peter Späth²

(1)

Montgomery, AL, USA

(2)

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

 

In this chapter, you will learn:

• What threads are

• How to create threads in Java

• How to execute your code in separate threads

• What the Java Memory Model is

• The lifecycle of threads

• How to use object monitors to synchronize access to a critical section by threads

• How to interrupt, stop, suspend, and resume threads

• Atomic variables, explicit locks, synchronizer, executor framework, fork/join framework, and thread-local variables

All example programs in this chapter are members of a jdojo.threads module , as declared in Listing 5-1.

// module-info.java

module ...