Welcome to the Java Concurrency guide! 🚀 Learn how to handle multithreading, synchronization, and concurrent programming in Java. Below is a structured overview of key topics:

📘 Table of Contents

  1. What is Concurrency?

    • Multithreading basics 🧠
    • Threads vs. Processes ⚖️
    • Use cases for concurrency 📊

  2. Thread Lifecycle

    • New → Runnable → Running → Blocked → Terminated ⏳
    Thread Life Cycle

  3. Synchronization & Thread Safety

    • synchronized keywords 🔐
    • ReentrantLock vs. synchronized ⚔️
    • Avoiding race conditions 🚫
    Synchronized Block

  4. Concurrency Utilities

    • ExecutorService & thread pools ⚙️
    • CountDownLatch and CyclicBarrier 🛑
    • Atomic classes for safe operations 🧮

  5. Advanced Concepts

    • Volatile variables 🔄
    • Thread-local storage 🧾
    • Deadlock prevention strategies ⚠️

🧩 Example: Creating Threads

Thread thread = new Thread(() -> {
    System.out.println("Running in thread: " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
});
thread.start();

💡 For deeper insights, check out our Java Concurrency Patterns tutorial!

📌 Key Tips

  • Always prefer ExecutorService over raw Thread for better resource management.
  • Use volatile for variables accessed by multiple threads.
  • Avoid synchronized blocks unless necessary; prefer higher-level utilities.

🌐 Expand Your Knowledge

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