In this second edition, you will find thoroughly updated coverage of the Javao 2 platform and new or expanded coverage of:

• Memory model

• Cancellation

• Portable parallel programming

• Utility classes for concurrency control

The Java platform provides a broad and powerful set of APIs, tools, and technologies. One of its most powerful capabilities is the built-in support for threads. This makes concurrent programming an attractive yet challenging option for programmers using the Java programming language.

This book shows readers how to use the Java platform's threading model more precisely by helping them to understand the patterns and tradeoffs associated with concurrent programming.

You will learn how to initiate, control, and coordinate concurrent activities using the class java.lang.Thread, the keywords synchronized and volatile, and the methods wait, notify, and notifyAll. In addition, you will find detailed coverage of all aspects of concurrent programming, including such topics as confinement and synchronization, deadlocks and conflicts, state-dependent action control, asynchronous message passing and control flow, coordinated interaction, and structuring web-based and computational services.

The book targets intermediate to advanced programmers interested in mastering the complexities of concurrent programming. Taking a design pattern approach, the book offers standard design techniques for creating and implementing components that solve common concurrent programming challenges. The numerous code examples throughout help clarify the subtleties of the concurrent programming concepts discussed.

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Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 48 Ratings

5 for knowledge; 0 for the writing -> 2.5 -> 2 - 2006-04-19
Reviewer Rating:
Sure he knows his stuff but doesn't have a clue on how to write. This is appallingly poorly written. It is one of the most ridiculously disorganized collections of academic 'verbage' (verbiage subsumes garbage) I have ever read. It's almost useless as a reference: its very non-linear (say non-deterministic almost) in concept elucidation (perhaps he's taken the notion of multithreading too much to heart and tried multi-threaded writing???). It's useless as a book to learn from- since learning by example is not just a way to learn, but the only way to learn (Einstein) and this book largely disavows examples.

What it needs is another edition with a ghost writer. Seriously it's not good. Try Paul Hyde for a good intro to threads.

While those at guru-ish level may love this book, those of us for whom threads represent a means to an end, not an end in and of themselves, would probably want to throw this book in frustration of the author's inability to structure a coherent sentence with a clear point. This meanders on like great uncle herb's war stories and is equally will sapping.

Avoid if you can or check it out when you reach guru-ness. It's a good cure for insomnia though.

Too Theoretical - 2007-10-23
Reviewer Rating:
The book contains a lot of concurrent and parallel programming theories, but the organization of the contents is not well formed, such that the reading and understanding of the book are hard. The examples giving in the book are not very helpful either.

Overall, the book seems to target for academic researchers rather than developers. Highly recommend "Java Concurrency In Practice" which is much more practical and easier understood by Brian Goetz

Great Threaded Programming Information for More than Java - 2006-01-09
Reviewer Rating:
This is the best book I have ever read on threading, and certainly applies well to other languages naturally (especially languages with a modern and mature thread library like Mono/.NET). Unlike other reviewers here, I encourage so-called "beginners" to read this book. He has plenty of examples so you will not get lost, and this *is* the right way to do things, so start with this one.

Very Good - 2009-02-07
Reviewer Rating:
I don't know about this book but having him as a teacher is pretty weird. I'm assuming his book style is the same as teaching, and that is pretty good, he helps you and knows everything about java seeing how he made some of java. Very bright.

If you want to program concurency in Java you need this book - 2006-01-16
Reviewer Rating:
This is a kind of book you'll need to start developing concurrent systems in Java. It shows details of what should be done to safely handle patterns for concurrent programs.
I beleive this book is a must for every developer who want to start learning concurrency design priciples for Java.

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