This document discusses synchronization in multithreaded applications in Java. It covers key concepts like monitors, synchronized methods and statements, and inter-thread communication using wait(), notify(), and notifyAll() methods. Synchronized methods ensure only one thread can access a shared resource at a time by acquiring the object's monitor. synchronized statements allow synchronizing access to non-synchronized methods. Inter-thread communication allows threads to wait for notifications from other threads rather than busy waiting.

1. Synchronization
• When two or more threads need access to a shared
resource, they need some way to ensure that the resource
will be used by only one thread at a time. The process by
which this is achieved is called synchronization.
• Java provides unique, language-level support for it. Key to
synchronization is the concept of the monitor (also called a
semaphore).
• A monitor is an object that is used as a mutually exclusive
lock, or mutex. Only one thread can own a monitor at a
given time. When a thread acquires a lock, it is said to have
entered the monitor. All other threads attempting to enter
the locked monitor will be suspended until the first thread
exits the monitor. These other threads are said to be
waiting for the monitor. A thread that owns a monitor can
reenter the same monitor if it so desires.

2. • We can synchronize our code in either of two ways. Both
involve the use of the synchronized keyword, and both are
examined here.
• Using synchronized Methods
• The synchronized Statement
• synchronized Methods : All objects have their own implicit
monitor associated with them. To enter an object’s monitor,
just call a method that has been modified with the
synchronized keyword. While a thread is inside a synchronized
method, all other threads that try to call it (or any other
synchronized method) on the same instance have to wait. To
exit the monitor and relinquish control of the object to the
next waiting thread, the owner of the monitor simply returns
from the synchronized method.

3. class callme{
static int i=1;
//synchronized
static void print() {
System.out.print("( HI ");
try { Thread.sleep(1000);
}
catch(InterruptedException e) { System.out.println("Interrupted");
}
System.out.println(i+" )");
i++;
} }
class A extends Thread {
public void run() {
for(int i=1;i<=5;i++)
callme.print();
} }

4. class B extends Thread{
public void run() {
for(int i=1;i<=5;i++)
callme.print();
}
}
class test {
public static void main(String args[])
{
A th1= new A();
th1.start(); // new A().start();
B th2=new B();
th2.start();
}
}

5. ( HI ( HI 1 )
1 )
( HI ( HI 3 )
( HI 3 )
( HI 5 )
( HI 5 )
( HI 7 )
( HI 7 )
( HI 9 )
9 )
• Here the value of variable i is updated in unordered way by both
the threads A and B. The output may change for each run. This can
lead to a series problem if i is some important shared data or a
control flag. The output printing is also not in order. To solve the
problem we need synchronization over the print() method.
• If the print() method is defined as:
synchronized static void print(){---------}

6. • Then the method is synchronized and the output will be->
( HI 1 )
( HI 2 )
( HI 3 )
( HI 4 )
( HI 5 )
( HI 6 )
( HI 7 )
( HI 8 )
( HI 9 )
( HI 10 )
• Also the output will remain same for each run.(As only one thread can
execute the print() method at a time and other thread has to wait for
completion of current call to print method.)

7. • The synchronized Statement: While creating synchronized methods
within classes that you create is an easy and effective means of achieving
synchronization, it will not work in all cases.
• Consider the following. Imagine that we want to synchronize access to
objects of a class that was not designed for multithreaded access. That is,
the class does not use synchronized methods. Further, this class was not
created by us, but by a third party, and we do not have access to the
source code. Thus, we can’t add synchronized to the appropriate methods
within the class. How can access to an object of this class be
synchronized?
• The solution to this problem is quite easy: simply put calls to the methods
defined by this class inside a synchronized block.
synchronized(object) {
// statements to be synchronized
}
• Here, object is a reference to the object being synchronized. A synchronized
block ensures that a call to a method that is a member of object occurs
only after the current thread has successfully entered object’s monitor.

8. class callme{
int i=1; //non-static member
void print() { //non-static member
System.out.print("( HI ");
try { Thread.sleep(1000); }
catch(InterruptedException e) { System.out.println("Interrupted"); }
System.out.println(i+" )");
i++;
} }
class A extends Thread {
callme obj;
A(callme target) { obj=target; }
public void run() {
for(int i=1;i<=5;i++) {
synchronized(obj)
{ obj.print(); } }
} }

9. class B extends Thread{
callme obj;
B(callme target){ obj=target; }
public void run() {
for(int i=1;i<=5;i++)
{ synchronized(obj)
{obj.print(); } }
} }
class test {
public static void main(String args[]) {
callme obj1=new callme();
A th1= new A(obj1);
th1.start(); // new A().start();
B th2=new B(obj1);
th2.start();
}
}

10. • Here both thread are referring to the same instance/object of class
callme. The call to method print() is in synchronized block this time.
( HI 1 )
( HI 2 )
( HI 3 )
( HI 4 )
……..
( HI 9 )
( HI 10 )
So here without changing the original class callme the call to print
method is executed in synchronized block. This will have the same
effect as the previous case.(Where the print method is ynchronized.)

11. Interthread Communication
• Polling is usually implemented by a loop that is used to
check some condition repeatedly. Once the condition is
true, appropriate action is taken. This wastes CPU time.
• To avoid polling, Java includes an elegant interprocess
communication mechanism via the wait( ), notify( ), and
notifyAll( ) methods. These methods are implemented as
final methods in Object, so all classes have them. All three
methods can be called only from within a synchronized
context.
• wait( ) tells the calling thread to give up the monitor and go
to sleep until some other thread enters the same monitor
and calls notify( ).
• notify( ) wakes up the first thread that called wait( ) on the
same object.
• notifyAll( ) wakes up all the threads that called wait( ) on
the same object. The highest priority thread will run first.

12. • These methods are declared within Object, as
shown here:
final void wait( ) throws InterruptedException
final void notify( )
final void notifyAll( )

13. class A {
public static void main(String[]args)throws InterruptedException {
B b =new B();
b.start();
synchronized(b) //thread got lock
{
System.out.println("Calling wait method");
b.wait();
System.out.println("Got notification"); }
System.out.println(b.total);
} }
class B extends Thread{
int total=0;
public void run() {
synchronized (this) //.thread got lock
{
System.out.println("Starting calculation");
for(int i=0;i<=1000;i++) { total=total+I; }
System.out.println("Giving notification call");
notify(); //thread releases lock again }} }

14. Calling wait method
Starting calculation
Giving notification call
Got notification
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