Java 9 Concurrency Cookbook, Second Edition

Master the art of fast, effective Java development with the power of concurrent and parallel programming

Key Features

• Get detailed coverage of important recipes on multi-threading and parallel programming
• This book takes a close look at the Java 9 APIs and their impact on concurrency
• See practical examples on thread safety, high-performance classes, safe sharing, and a whole lot more

Book Description

What you will learn

• Find out to manage the basic components of the Java Concurrency API
• Use synchronization mechanisms to avoid data race conditions and other problems of concurrent applications
• Separate the thread management from the rest of the application with the Executor framework
• Solve problems using a parallelized version of the divide and conquer paradigm with the Fork / Join framework
• Process massive data sets in an optimized way using streams and reactive streams
• See which data structures we can use in concurrent applications and how to use them
• Practice efficient techniques to test concurrent applications
• Get to know tips and tricks to design concurrent applications

Who this book is for

The book is for Java developers and programmers at an intermediate to advanced level. It will be especially useful for developers who want to take advantage of task-based recipes using Java 9’s concurrent API to program thread-safe solutions.