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Can you name alternative ways to implement thread synchronization similar to synchronized?

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Answer from AI

In Java, besides the synchronized keyword, there are alternative ways to synchronize threads:

  • The ReentrantLock class from the java.util.concurrent.locks package — a more flexible locking mechanism with the ability to attempt to acquire the lock and with a timeout.

  • Using volatile to ensure visibility of variable changes between threads (does not guarantee atomicity).

  • Classes from the java.util.concurrent package, such as Semaphore, CountDownLatch, CyclicBarrier — for more complex thread coordination.

  • Methods wait(), notify(), notifyAll() for thread interaction via object monitors.

Example with ReentrantLock:

import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;

ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock();

lock.lock();
try {
    // critical section
} finally {
    lock.unlock();
}
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