Re: using ConcurrentHashMaps
On Apr 20, 10:30 am, Robert Klemme <shortcut...@googlemail.com> wrote:
On 20.04.2007 17:17, Vaibhav wrote:
I have following code in my program. Is it possible to use a
ConcurrentHashMap in this scenario?
private Map mymap = Collections.synchronizedMap(new HashMap());
If you access your map only in synchronized blocks like below you do not
need a synchronizedMap.
I do have to access my map in other parts of the code, where I do not
need to synchronize.
It is not clear to me how the code should look if I use a
concurrentHashMap..
My question is that can I avoid synchronize block in this case if I
were using a concurrentHashMap.
public MyHandle getHandle(String id) {
MyHandle handle = null;
MyHandle tmpHandle;
synchronized(mymap) {
Iterator it = this.mymap.values().iterator();
while(it.hasNext()) {
tmpHandle = (MyHandle)it.next();
if(id.equals(MyHandle.getId())) {
handle = tmpHandle;
break;
}
}
//}
return handle;
}
Certainly you can use a ConcurrentHashMap but it would be more efficient
if you used the id as map key.
I unerstand the efficiency part when using id as key. Can you explain
how that will be thread safe?
Thanks for your help!
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