- Paperback: 461 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (17 Dec 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0130170070
- ISBN-13: 978-0130170071
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.2 x 2.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,455,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Java offers powerful multithreading capabilities -- even on operating systems that offer no inherent multithreading support. Multithreading gives Java developers a powerful tool for dramatically improving the responsiveness and performance of their programs. Now there's a complete guide to multithreaded programming with the Java 2 platform, written by multithreaded programming experts Bil Lewis and Daniel J. Berg. Start by understanding the rationale, fundamental concepts and foundations of multithreading, including the structures upon which threads are built, thread construction and lifecycles. Then, using extensive code examples, you'll master thread scheduling models; synchronization variables; and learn how to solve complex synchronization problems. The authors explain thread-specific data, and demonstrate how to leverage OS libraries to make Java multithreading more effective. They also cover multithreaded program design, interactions with RMI, tools for building threaded programs; and advanced techniques for maximizing thread performance.
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- The ultimate guide to multithreading with Java technology!
- Powerful techniques for enhancing application performance
- Multithreaded program design for network and Internet applications
- Extensive code examples throughout
Multithreading gives developers using the Java 2 platform a powerful tool for dramatically improving the responsiveness and performance of their programs on any platform, even those without inherent multithreading support. Multithreaded Programming with Java Technology is the first complete guide to multithreaded development with the Java 2 platform. Multithreading experts Bil Lewis and Daniel J. Berg cover the underlying structures upon which threads are built; thread construction; and thread lifecycles, including birth, life, death, and cancellation. Next, using extensive code examples, they cover everything developers need to know to make the most of multithreading, including:
- Thread scheduling models and synchronization-with solutions for complex, real-world synchronization problems
- Multithreaded program design for networked and Internet applications
- Thread-specific data: use and implementation
- Leveraging OS libraries to make Java-based multithreading more effective
- Optimizing thread performance and designing for SMP hardware
Powerful techniques and comprehensive example code for improving Java-based application performance with multithreading!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Wanting to look deeper in the evolving subject of threads, one could do with more sources in the reference section.
I found the index very poor and this fails to do justice to the depth and quality of the contents. It also appears that one could do with a few more and shorter examples.
For those interested, they can also find a refreshing parallelism between POSIX, WINDOWS and JAVA threads.
In general, this does not seem to be such a beginner-friendly ground, but rather an expose for the more seasoned systems analyst
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
This book is less Java than the title suggests.
14 Feb 2000
Format:Paperback
The first 150 pages (one third) of this book have little to do with Java. Rather, it is a port of the authors' previous book on POSIX. It talks about three main platforms (Solaris, Digital, and Wintel) and goes into great detail as to how a Java VM uses each OS's primitives to offer Java synchronization. Why?
The authors show bias towards Solaris, and they spend a great amount of time focusing on how you can get the right number of LWPs on Solaris.
If I'm buying a Java book, I'm programming to the Java VM and could care less if Digital Unix gives you one light-weight process per CPU plus one for each outstanding system call. I also don't care about making native calls to the OS under Solaris.
The introduction suggests that multitheading offers increased speed by running on Parellel hardware. I think what people are really looking for is increased responsiveness. Most computers are single-CPU.
The authors are experts in their areas, and they do cover eventually cover multithreading in a no-nonsense manner, with the target audience being the advanced programmer. Don't be annoyed by thier constantly saying, "no, you don't want to do that. Don't do that", and then telling you why in a few more chapters.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Little to do with Java besides the title
23 Feb 2002
Format:Paperback
That this book was a member of the Sun Java series was the primary reason make me take a look at this book.
I have been highly disappointed. This body of work for this book is primarly a rushed port of the authors other title - named, funnily enough Multithreaded Programming with PThreads.
The Java topics seem to be bolted on as an after-thought - and makes the book read and present very badly. For example a good amount of examples are presented in C not Java, demonstrating POSIX threading!
The author is also in the bad habit of presenting material out-of-order, so that the reader has to wait sometimes 50 pages for clarification. This does not breed suspense, merely frustation at the disorder.
The low-level OS technical coverage is quite adequate - with a good explanation of LWP and POSIX threading (if only this is what I bought the book for!).
The author is clearly a C type who has come to Java and tries to basically recreate the semantics of C POSIX threading in Java... while at the same time constantly drifting back to a topic that he is clearly more comfortable with - PThreads.
This is hardly an embracing approach for a book with the word Java in the title - an obvious cash-in on the behalf of the publisher, Prentice Hall.
Do not buy this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Great under-the-hood book for experienced developers
17 Mar 2002
Format:Paperback
This was the first threading book I read--which turned out to be a huge mistake. The material is very dense and only a small part of it is Java. Most of the book deals with operating system threading concepts. There is a lot of space dedicated to contrasting MS vs. Unix threading models. Also, comparisons between Java and c threading.
If you are looking for a solid beginner book on Java threading (or threading in general), I highly recommend Concurrency: State Models & Java Programs. This is the second threading book I read and I highly recommend it if your goal is to _understand_ thread theory and problems. It approaches the subject in a very rigorous manner and models all concepts using finite state machines and then showing the Java source code.
If you are already comfortable with basic threading concepts and some systems programming then I would recommend the Multithreaded Programming with Java Technology.
I deducted a star because of a few annoying typos and for a few convoluted sections.
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