The need for synchronization Why do we need synchronization? For an answer, consider this example: You write a Java program that uses a pair of threads to simulate withdrawal/deposit of financial ...

This month’s Under the Hood looks at thread synchronization in both the Java language and the Java virtual machine (JVM).

If you need to control access to certain pieces of data in a class when writing multithreaded applications, see how you can use the volatile keyword to get a similar effect as using the ...