Threads - synchronization

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Date:
20 Nov 2006 03:09:37 -0800
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Hello, i'm writing java program using Threads, but i don't quite
understeand some...

My program has 4 threads, each one prints on System.out one letter: A,
B, C or D. There are some rules they must obey.
in any moment number of letters
1. A + B <= C + D
2.A <= 2*B
3. after C next letter C can be print after letter D

using notify, notifyAll, wait

there is my code, i synchronized methods but working program prints
some strange results, maybe you can help me?

Thanks for any help.

there is my code:

public class Th extends Thread
{
        private int which;
        private static int[] howMany = {0, 0, 0, 0} ;

        public Th(int which)
        {
                this.which= which;
        }

        public void run()
        {
                switch (which)
                {
                        case 1: ThA(); break;
                        case 2: ThB(); break;
                        case 3: ThC(); break;
                        case 4: ThD(); break;
                }
        }

        public void ThA()
        {
                synchronized(this)
                {
                        if ( (howMany[0]+howMany[1]) <
(howMany[2]+howMany[3]) && (howMany[0] <= 2*howMany[1]))
                        {
                                System.out.println("A");
                                howMany[0]++;
                        }

                        try {
                                sleep(500);
                        }catch(InterruptedException e) {}

                        ThA();
                }
        }

        public void ThB()
        {
                synchronized(this)
                {
                        if ( (howMany[0]+howMany[1]) <
(howMany[2]+howMany[3]) )
                        {
                                System.out.print("B");
                                howMany[1]++;
                        }

                        try {
                                sleep(1110);
                        }catch(InterruptedException e) {}

                        ThB();
                }
        }

        public void ThC()
        {
                synchronized(this)
                {
                        System.out.print("C");
                        howMany[2]++;

                        try {
                                wait();
                                sleep(100);
                        }catch(InterruptedException e) {}
                }
                ThC();
        }

        public void ThD()
        {
                synchronized(this)
                {
                        System.out.print("D");
                        howMany[3]++;

                        try {
                                notify();
                                sleep(1000);
                        }catch(InterruptedException e) {}

                }
                ThD();
        }

        public static void main(String[] args)
        {

                        new Th(1).start();
                        new Th(2).start();
                        new Th(3).start();
                        new Th(4).start();

        }

}

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