Synchronization

The concept of restricting transactions or access to common resources from occuring at the same time.

This can occur in the following areas:

• MIDP - Using Threads in J2ME Applications
• JNDI - Threads and Synchronization
• Collections - General Purpose Implementations
• Threads - Synchronizing Threads and Advanced Synchronization in Java Threads
• JNI - Threads and Native Methods

See also Synchronization Is Slow Misconception

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