Object-Oriented Programming (Narva College) 2018/19 spring

Before session 12

Threads

Objectives:

After completing the session, a student can:

• explain the main concepts of multithreading;
• develop task classes by implementing Runnable interface;
• create threads to run tasks using Thread class;
• control threads using the methods of Thread class;
• use synchronized methods or blocks to synchronize threads to avoid race conditions;
• use blocking queues to synchronize access to a queue.

Topics

• 12.1 Thread concepts
• 12.2 Creating tasks and threads
• 12.3 Class Thread
• 12.4 Race condition
• 12.5 Synchronization of threads
• 12.6 Cooperation among threads
• 12.7 Tasks

Alternative materials

• in English: H. Schildt.‎ Java - The Complete Reference: Chapter: 11
• in Estonian: here
• in Russian: Г. Шилдт. Java 8. Полное руководство: Chapter: 11