The Java thread uses synchronous locks to alternately print odd and even numbers

  • 2021-06-28 12:25:00
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How do I ensure consistency of threads'execution results when multithreading the same object?We need a synchronization lock on the thread operation object. (This is an interview question)

Requirement Description

1-20 digits

A threads print odd numbers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19

B threads print even numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20

The C thread prints the result "success" after the two AB threads have executed.

Thread Code Implementation

Num.java


package com.boonya.thread.test;
 
/**
 * @ClassName: Num
 * @Description: TODO( Lock Computing Object )
 * @author: pengjunlin
 * @motto:  Learning requires perseverance, then show perseverance 
 * @date 2019-01-14 22:47
 */
public class Num {
  int value=1;
}

AThread.java


package com.boonya.thread.test;
 
/**
* @ClassName: AThread
* @Description: TODO( Odd Threads )
* @author: pengjunlin
* @motto:  Learning requires perseverance, then show perseverance 
* @date 2019-01-14 22:26
*/
public class AThread implements Runnable{
 
  Num num;
 
  public AThread(Num num){
    this.num=num;
  }
 
  public void run() {
    while (num.value<20){
      synchronized (num){
        if(num.value%2!=0){
          System.out.println("AThread:"+ num.value);
          num.value++;
        }
      }
    }
 
  }
}

BThread.java


package com.boonya.thread.test;
 
/**
 * @ClassName: BThread
 * @Description: TODO( Even Threads )
 * @author: pengjunlin
 * @motto:  Learning requires perseverance, then show perseverance 
 * @date 2019-01-14 22:26
 */
public class BThread implements Runnable {
 
    Num num;
 
    public BThread(Num num){
      this.num=num;
    }
 
    public void run() {
      while (num.value<=20){
        synchronized (num){
          if(num.value%2==0){
            System.out.println("BThread:"+ num.value);
            num.value++;
          }
        }
      }
    }
 }

CThread.java


package com.boonya.thread.test;
 
/**
 * @ClassName: CThread
 * @Description: TODO( Waiting for Result Threads )
 * @author: pengjunlin
 * @motto:  Learning requires perseverance, then show perseverance 
 * @date 2019-01-14 22:26
 */
public class CThread implements Runnable {
 
    Num num;
 
    public CThread(Num num){
      this.num=num;
    }
 
    public void run() {
      while (num.value<20){
        try {
          Thread.sleep(1);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
        }
      }
      System.out.println("CThread:success!");
    }
  }

MainTest.java


package com.boonya.thread.test;
 
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
 
/**
 * @ClassName: MainTest
 * @Description: TODO( Thread Test )
 * @author: pengjunlin
 * @motto:  Learning requires perseverance, then show perseverance 
 * @date 2019-01-14 21:54
 */
public class MainTest {
 
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Num num=new Num();
    Thread a=new Thread(new AThread(num));
    Thread b=new Thread(new BThread(num));
    Thread c=new Thread(new CThread(num));
    a.start();
    b.start();
    c.start();
  }
}

test result


"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\bin\java" "-javaagent:C:\Users\boonya\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2.5\lib\idea_rt.jar=51911:C:\Users\boonya\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2.5\bin" -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\charsets.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\deploy.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\access-bridge-64.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\cldrdata.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\dnsns.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\jaccess.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\jfxrt.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\localedata.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\nashorn.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\sunec.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\sunjce_provider.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\sunmscapi.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\sunpkcs11.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\zipfs.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\javaws.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\jce.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\jfr.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\jfxswt.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\jsse.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\management-agent.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\plugin.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\resources.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\rt.jar;C:\Users\boonya\Desktop\JavaAlgorithm\target\test-classes;C:\Users\boonya\Desktop\JavaAlgorithm\target\classes" com.boonya.thread.test.MainTest
AThread:1
BThread:2
AThread:3
BThread:4
AThread:5
BThread:6
AThread:7
BThread:8
AThread:9
BThread:10
AThread:11
BThread:12
AThread:13
BThread:14
AThread:15
BThread:16
AThread:17
BThread:18
AThread:19
BThread:20
CThread:success!
 
Process finished with exit code 0

Note: synchronized as a method block needs to lock only objects, not common data types.

AB Thread Improvement: Using Thread Waiting and Notification

AThread.java


package com.boonya.thread.test;
 
/**
* @ClassName: AThread
* @Description: TODO( Odd Threads )
* @author: pengjunlin
* @motto:  Learning requires perseverance, then show perseverance 
* @date 2019-01-14 22:26
*/
public class AThread implements Runnable{
 
  Num num;
 
  public AThread(Num num){
    this.num=num;
  }
 
  public void run() {
    while (num.value<20){
      synchronized (num){
        if(num.value%2!=0){
          System.out.println("AThread:"+ num.value);
          num.value++;
          //num.notify();
          num.notifyAll();
        }else{
          try {
            num.wait();
          } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
          }
        }
      }
    }
 
  }
}

BThread.java


package com.boonya.thread.test;
 
/**
 * @ClassName: BThread
 * @Description: TODO( Even Threads )
 * @author: pengjunlin
 * @motto:  Learning requires perseverance, then show perseverance 
 * @date 2019-01-14 22:26
 */
public class BThread implements Runnable {
 
    Num num;
 
    public BThread(Num num){
      this.num=num;
    }
 
    public void run() {
      while (num.value<=20){
        synchronized (num){
          if(num.value%2==0){
            System.out.println("BThread:"+ num.value);
            num.value++;
            //num.notify();
            num.notifyAll();
          }else{
            try {
              num.wait();
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
 }

Note: Thread wait and notification is one way to save the CPU operation and avoid CPU idling (thread method 1 is scary to keep running like a dead loop) and calling the thread's wait () if you want the thread to stop.


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