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What measures are taken to prevent the occurrence of ConcurrentModificationException when modifying a Map object from multiple threads simultaneously?

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In Go, a map is not thread-safe for concurrent read and write operations from multiple goroutines. To avoid ConcurrentModificationException (the Go equivalent — panic on concurrent access), the following measures are used:

  • Using a mutex (sync.Mutex or sync.RWMutex) to synchronize access to the map.
  • Using thread-safe data structures, such as sync.Map, which is specifically designed for concurrent access.

Example with a mutex:

var mu sync.RWMutex
var m = make(map[string]int)

func read(key string) int {
    mu.RLock()
    defer mu.RUnlock()
    return m[key]
}

func write(key string, value int) {
    mu.Lock()
    defer mu.Unlock()
    m[key] = value
}

Using sync.Map:

var m sync.Map

func write(key string, value int) {
    m.Store(key, value)
}

func read(key string) (int, bool) {
    val, ok := m.Load(key)
    if !ok {
        return 0, false
    }
    return val.(int), true
}

Thus, to prevent errors during concurrent access to a map, synchronization or specialized structures should be used.

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