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January 9, 2021

Async Programming in Java: Part I

As a backend engineer, we face situations to process the data asynchronously. Today let's see how it's done in java and various way to do it.

Starting from Thread, Runnable, Callable<T>, Future<T> (and its extended ScheduledFuture<T>), CompletableFuture<T>, and of course, ExecutorService and ForkJoinPool. We will see all of them, but one by one.

February 21, 2020February 25, 2020

Java Thread Synchronization and Concurrency Part 2

Introduction

This is the second part of my two-part series on thread synchronization. If you missed the first article, check it out. In the previous article, we covered concepts of threads, synchronization techniques, and memory model of both Java and CPU. In this article, we'll focus on concepts of concurrency, how to execute tasks in concurrent mode, and the various classes and services in Java that offer concurrency (thread-pool).

Multi-Threading Costs

Before getting into concurrency, we have to understand the costs associated with multi-threading. The costs include application design, CPU, memory, and context switching. Below are some of the considerations for concurrency:

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