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Multi-threading in Java - A tour through concurrent programming, including basic mechanisms (synchronized, wait() and notifyAll()) on which all techniques are based. Demonstrates how to painlessly inject multithreading in applets.

Programming Java threads in the real world, Part 1 - Programming Java threads isn't nearly as easy as most books would have you believe. Discusses things you need to know to program threads in the real world.

Designing for thread safety - Thread safety design guidelines. Provides a background on thread safety, and shows several examples of objects that are (and are not) thread-safe, including two illustrative applets.

Programming Java threads in the real world, Part 2 - Discusses the perils of race conditions, deadlock, and other threading problems.

Programming Java threads in the real world, Part 3 - Examines a solution to the deadlock problem using the exclusion semaphore class and a lock manager.

Programming Java threads in the real world, Part 4 - Presents Roll-your-own versions of the condition variable to replace wait() and notify(), and counting semaphores to manage resource pools.

Programming Java threads in the real world, Part 5 - Discusses solutions to threading problems using the Timer class that's part of the Swing package as well as a useful roll-your-own timer.

Programming Java threads in the real world, Part 6 - Covers techniques for implementing the Observer pattern (used by AWT/Swing for its event model) in a multithreaded environment.

Programming Java threads in the real world, Part 7 - Efficient implementations of singletons, locking critical sections, and thread-safe access to read/write resources such as data structures and files.

Programming Java threads in the real world, Part 8 - Architectural solutions to threading problems: Threads in an object-oriented world, thread pools, and implementing socket 'accept' loops.

Programming Java threads in the real world, Part 9 - More architectural solutions to threading problems: Synchronous dispatchers, active objects,and detangling console I/O.

The taming of the thread - A process-driven approach to avoid thread death.

Unraveling Threads - Learn the basics of multi-threaded programming, with an easy-to-understand introduction to the topic. Includes an example of a multi-threaded applet, which displays a text-scrolling animation.

Use the JVM Profiler Interface for Accurate Timing - Improve performance analysis by measuring Java thread CPU time.

Warning! Threading in a Multiprocessor World - Find out why many tricks to avoid synchronization overhead just dont work.