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We must follow some practices and rules while performing thread synchronization in Java. Every Java object has synchronized as well as non-synchronized area. The non-synchronized portion of an object can be accessed by multiple threads simultaneously. Whereas, the synchronized area can be accessed by only one thread at a time. Whenever we perform any update operation …

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Thread Prevention can also be done using sleep method. If a thread does not want to perform any operation for a specific amount of time, then we should go for sleep method. Sleep method causes thread execution to pause for the specified period of time. We will understand in detail about sleep method in this …

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Thread Interruption is an important concept in Java. A thread can interrupt another thread which is in the sleeping state or waiting state by using the interrupt method of thread class. The prototype of interrupt method of Thread class: public void interrupt() If thread t1 calls interrupt method on the object of thread t2 and …

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Thread Prevention using join() method sometimes causes an unintended deadlock situation to arise. A deadlock situation occurs when there is a circular chain of threads each waiting for the other thread to finish its execution. Join() method can also be used to prevent child thread from executing before main thread. To do this, we have to …

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Thread prevention deals with how we can prevent a thread from executing on a temporary or permanent basis. We can prevent thread execution by using the 3 methods in Java namely yield, join and sleep method. Before understanding thread prevention, let’s first understand the life cycle of a thread. Look at the following diagram which …

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