CyclicBarrier
Explore the use of Java's CyclicBarrier, a concurrency tool that lets multiple threads wait at a barrier point until all have arrived. Understand how to initialize CyclicBarrier with parties, use the await method, and execute a runnable task upon barrier completion. Learn its reset capability for reuse and see practical examples demonstrating thread synchronization.
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Explanation
CyclicBarrier is a synchronization mechanism introduced in JDK 5 in the java.util.concurrent package. It allows multiple threads to wait for each other at a common point (barrier) before continuing execution. The threads wait for each other by calling the await() method on the CyclicBarrier. All threads that wait for each other to reach barrier are called parties. *You can read-up on designing and implementing a barrier for an interview question he ...