Java Multithreading & Synchronization - Session 7

Java Multithreading & Synchronization-

Multithreading
Java provides multithreading, it is a feature that allows concurrent execution of two or more parts of a program for maximum utilization of CPU. Each part of such program is called a thread. So, threads are light-weight processes within a process. By this feature multiple small programs or threads can be executed as single java program.
Threads can be created by using two mechanisms :
1. Extending the Thread class
2. Implementing the Runnable Interface

Synchronization
Java provides a way of creating threads and synchronizing their task by using synchronized blocks. Synchronized blocks in Java are marked with the synchronized keyword. A synchronized block in Java is synchronized on some object. All synchronized blocks synchronized on the same object can only have one thread executing inside them at a time. All other threads attempting to enter the synchronized block are blocked until the thread inside the synchronized block exits the block.

We will have detail lab session of these topics in this session.