Concurrency
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Core Java
Java 8: Definitive guide to CompletableFuture
Java 8 is coming so it’s time to study new features. While Java 7 and Java 6 were rather minor…
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Enterprise Java
Synchronising Multithreaded Integration Tests revisited
I recently stumbled upon an articleSynchronising Multithreaded Integration Tests on Captain Debug’s Blog. That post emphasizes the problem of designing…
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Core Java
Why a synchronized StringBuffer was never a good idea
Introduction StringBuffer is a synchronized class for mutable strings. The main problem with making it synchronized is that It was…
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Core Java
Inadvertent Recursion Protection with Java ThreadLocals
Now here’s a little trick for those of you hacking around with third-party tools, trying to extend them without fully…
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Groovy
Detecting Java Threads in Deadlock with Groovy and JMX
Unfortunately, Java applications taking advantage of multiple threads can at times run into the dreaded deadlock condition. Fortunately, the Java…
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Enterprise Java
Advanced ListenableFuture capabilities
Last time we familiarized ourselves with ListenableFuture. I promised to introduced more advanced techniques, namely transformations and chaining. Let’s start…
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Core Java
My Custom Thread Pool Executor in Java
ThreadPoolExecutor is a feature added by java concurrent api to maintain and reuse threads efficiently , so that our programs…
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Core Java
ListenableFuture in Guava
ListenableFuture in Guava is an attempt to define consistent API for Future objects to register completion callbacks. With the ability…
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Enterprise Java
Implementing custom Future
Last time we learned the principles behind java.util.concurrent.Future<T>. We also discovered that Future<T> is typically returned by libraries or frameworks.…
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