Programming Concurrency on the JVM

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1. Programming Concurrency on the JVM
   1. Copyright
   2. For the Best Reading Experience...
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   4. Table of Contents
   5. What Readers Are Saying About Programming Concurrency on the JVM
   6. Preface
      1. Who’s This Book For?
      2. What’s in This Book?
      3. Is it Concurrency or Parallelism?
      4. Concurrency for Polyglot Programmers
      5. Examples and Performance Measurements
      6. Acknowledgments
   7. Chapter 1: The Power and Perils of Concurrency
      1. Threads: The Flow of Execution
      2. The Power of Concurrency
      3. The Perils of Concurrency
      4. Recap
   8. Part 1: Strategies for Concurrency
      1. Chapter 2: Division of Labor
         1. From Sequential to Concurrent
         2. Concurrency in IO-Intensive Apps
         3. Speedup for the IO-Intensive App
         4. Concurrency in Computationally Intensive Apps
         5. Speedup for the Computationally Intensive App
         6. Strategies for Effective Concurrency
         7. Recap
      2. Chapter 3: Design Approaches
         1. Dealing with State
         2. Exploring Design Options
         3. Shared Mutable Design
         4. Isolated Mutable Design
         5. Purely Immutable Design
         6. Persistent/Immutable Data Structures
         7. Selecting a Design Approach
         8. Recap
   9. Part 2: Modern Java/JDK Concurrency
      1. Chapter 4: Scalability and Thread Safety
         1. Managing Threads with ExecutorService
         2. Coordinating Threads
         3. Exchanging Data
         4. Java 7 Fork-Join API
         5. Scalable Collections
         6. Lock vs. Synchronized
         7. Recap
      2. Chapter 5: Taming Shared Mutability
         1. Shared Mutability != public
         2. Spotting Concurrency Issues
         3. Preserve Invariant
         4. Mind Your Resources
         5. Ensure Visibility
         6. Enhance Concurrency
         7. Ensure Atomicity
         8. Recap
   10. Part 3: Software Transactional Memory
       1. Chapter 6: Introduction to Software Transactional Memory
          1. Synchronization Damns Concurrency
          2. The Deficiency of the Object Model
          3. Separation of Identity and State
          4. Software Transactional Memory
          5. Transactions in STM
          6. Concurrency Using STM
          7. Concurrency Using Akka/Multiverse STM
          8. Creating Transactions
          9. Creating Nested Transactions
          10. Configuring Akka Transactions
          11. Blocking Transactions—Sensible Wait
          12. Commit and Rollback Events
          13. Collections and Transactions
          14. Dealing with the Write Skew Anomaly
          15. Limitations of STM
          16. Recap
       2. Chapter 7: STM in Clojure, Groovy, Java, JRuby, and Scala
          1. Clojure STM
          2. Groovy Integration
          3. Java Integration
          4. JRuby Integration
          5. Choices in Scala
          6. Recap
   11. Part 4: Actor-Based Concurrency
       1. Chapter 8: Favoring Isolated Mutability
          1. Isolating Mutability Using Actors
          2. Actor Qualities
          3. Creating Actors
          4. Sending and Receiving Messages
          5. Working with Multiple Actors
          6. Coordinating Actors
          7. Using Typed Actors
          8. Typed Actors and Murmurs
          9. Mixing Actors and STM
          10. Using Transactors
          11. Coordinating Typed Actors
          12. Remote Actors
          13. Limitations of the Actor-Based Model
          14. Recap
       2. Chapter 9: Actors in Groovy, Java, JRuby, and Scala
          1. Actors in Groovy with GPars
          2. Java Integration
          3. JRuby Akka Integration
          4. Choices in Scala
          5. Recap
   12. Part 5: Epilogue
       1. Chapter 10: Zen of Programming Concurrency
          1. Exercise Your Options
          2. Concurrency: Programmer’s Guide
          3. Concurrency: Architect’s Guide
          4. Choose Wisely
   13. Appendix 1: Clojure Agents
   14. Appendix 2: Web Resources
   15. Appendix 3: Bibliography
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