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Mastering Concurrency Programming with Java 9, Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Javier Fernández González
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Mastering Concurrency Programming with Java 9, Second Edition - Second Edition

By: Javier Fernández González

Overview of this book

Concurrency programming allows several large tasks to be divided into smaller sub-tasks, which are further processed as individual tasks that run in parallel. Java 9 includes a comprehensive API with lots of ready-to-use components for easily implementing powerful concurrency applications, but with high flexibility so you can adapt these components to your needs. The book starts with a full description of the design principles of concurrent applications and explains how to parallelize a sequential algorithm. You will then be introduced to Threads and Runnables, which are an integral part of Java 9's concurrency API. You will see how to use all the components of the Java concurrency API, from the basics to the most advanced techniques, and will implement them in powerful real-world concurrency applications. The book ends with a detailed description of the tools and techniques you can use to test a concurrent Java application, along with a brief insight into other concurrency mechanisms in JVM.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

The First Step - Concurrency Design Principles

Users of computer systems are always looking for better performance of their systems. They want to get higher quality videos, better video games, and faster network speeds. Some years ago, processors gave better performance to users by increasing their speed. But now, processors don't increase their speed. Instead of this, they add more cores so that the operating system can execute more than one task at a time. This is called concurrency. Concurrent programming includes all the tools and techniques to have multiple tasks or processes running at the same time in a computer, communicating and synchronizing between them without data loss or inconsistency. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Basic concurrency concepts
  • Possible problems in concurrent applications
  • A methodology to design concurrent algorithms
  • Java Concurrency API
  • Concurrency design patterns
  • Tips and tricks to design concurrency algorithms