SCJD Study Notes - Threads

• Learn how to implement a read/write lock
  
  
• Singletons, critical sections and read/write locks
  
  
• Exploiting ThreadLocal to enhance scalability
  
  
• Writing Multithreaded Java Applications
  
  
• Can ThreadLocal solve the double-checked locking problem?
  
  
• Minimizing the overhead of synchronized blocks
  
  
• Piped Streams (to communicate between threads)
  
  
• Protecting shared resources with synchronized blocks
  
  
• Using Synchronized Statements
  
  
• Using Timers to run tasks on a background thread
  
  
• Double-checked locking: Clever, but broken. Do you know what synchronized really means? (JavaWorld)
  
  
• Warning! Threading in a multiprocessor world Find out why many tricks to avoid synchronization overhead just don't work. (JavaWorld)