Top "Synchronization" questions

Synchronization refers to using controls to maintain a coherent representation, either a group of processes running the same program (process synchronization), or representations of data (data synchronization).

When should one use a spinlock instead of mutex?

I think both are doing the same job,how do you decide which one to use for synchronization?

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How to synchronize a static variable among threads running different instances of a class in Java?

I know that using the synchronize keyword before a method brings synchronization to that object. That is, 2 threads running the …

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Synchronization vs Lock

java.util.concurrent API provides a class called as Lock, which would basically serialize the control in order to access …

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Avoid synchronized(this) in Java?

Whenever a question pops up on SO about Java synchronization, some people are very eager to point out that synchronized(…

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Use Robocopy to copy only changed files?

I'm trying to find an easy way of deploying only changed files to the webserver for deployment purpose. In times …

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What is the difference between atomic / volatile / synchronized?

How do atomic / volatile / synchronized work internally? What is the difference between the following code blocks? Code 1 private int counter; …

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How to synchronize or lock upon variables in Java?

Let me use this small and simple sample: class Sample { private String msg = null; public void newmsg(String x){ msg = …

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Asynchronous Process inside a javascript for loop

I am running an event loop of the following form: var i; var j = 10; for (i = 0; i < j; i++) { …

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Java Singleton and Synchronization

Please clarify my queries regarding Singleton and Multithreading: What is the best way to implement Singleton in Java, in a …

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