Lock Interface
Explore the Lock interface in Java concurrency to understand how it enables more flexible and advanced synchronization than synchronized methods. Learn about its key implementations, such as ReentrantLock and ReentrantReadWriteLock, and discover how to use Lock methods like tryLock and lockInterruptibly to manage thread access and improve multithreading control.
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Explanation
The Lock interface provides a tool for implementing mutual exclusion that is more flexible and capable than synchronized methods and statements. A single thread is allowed to acquire the lock and gain access to a shared resource, however, some implementing classes such as the ReentrantReadWriteLock allow multiple threads concurrent access to shared resource. The use of synchronized methods or statements ...