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Communicating Java Threads

Authors: Hilderink, Gerald H., Broenink, Jan F., Vervoort, Wiek, Bakkers, André W. P.

Abstract:

The incorporation of multithreading in Java may be considered as a significant part of the Java language, because it provides rudimentary facilities for concurrent programming. However, we belief that the use of channels is a fundamental concept for concurrent programming. The channel approach as described in this paper is a realization of a systematic design method for concurrent programming in Java based on the CSP paradigm. CSP requires the availability of a Channel class and the addition of composition constructs for sequential, parallel and alternative processes. The Channel class and the constructs have been implemented in Java in compliance with the definitions in CSP. As a result, implementing communication between processes is facilitated, the programmer can avoid deadlock more easily, and the programmer is freed from synchronization and scheduling constructs. The use of the Channel class and the additional constructs is illustrated in a simple application.

Proceedings:

Proceedings of WoTUG-20: Parallel Programming and Java, André W. P. Bakkers, 1997, pp 48 - 76 published by IOS Press, Amsterdam

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