Re: Synchronization with threads

From:
Janusch <hvm_Rentenatus@web.de>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Fri, 8 Feb 2008 04:52:31 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<60d209f8-4de2-4667-8a0d-408134d84d76@v46g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>
On 8 Feb., 12:43, javatea...@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

I have a class which is not a thread


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1. If you use a main method, you use the main thread.
In this case it is ok to wait for your MyMainThread.

public void myFunc() {
MyMainThread thread = new MyMainThread();
thread.start();
....
while (thread.isAlive()) try{ Thraed.sleep(100); } catch(Exception err)
{}
exec(thread.getArrayListFromThread());
....

}

class MyMainThread extends Thread{
private ArayList arrayListFromThread;

public void run(){
//start all Subthreads
while ( /*one of the subtreads runs */) {
           try{ Thraed.sleep(100); } catch(Exception err){}
}
}

public ArrayList getArrayListFromThread(){return arrayListFromThread;}
}
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2. If you use a Swing UI, you use the Swing-Thread.
In this case is it better to invoke exec(arrayListFromThread) in
MyMainThread.

public void myFunc() {
MyMainThread thread = new MyMainThread();
thread.start();
}

class MyMainThread extends Thread{
private ArayList arrayListFromThread = new ArrayList();

public void run(){
//start all Subthreads
while ( /*one of the subthreads runs */) {
        try{ Thraed.sleep(100); } catch(Exception err){}
}
exec(arrayListFromThread);
....
}
}

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All Subthreads have to synchronize all access to ArayList!

I have two solution for starting all Subthreads and waiting:
solution 1:

Thread[] t=new Thread[200];

public void run(){
for (int i...){
   t[i]=new Thread();
   t[i].start();
}
while ( oneSubThreadIsAlive()) {
    ry{ Thraed.sleep(100); } catch(Exception err){}
}
....
}

public boolean oneSubThreadIsAlive(){
  for (int i...) if (t[i].isAlive()) retrun true;
  return false;
}

solution 2:

Thread[] t=new Thread[200];
int runs=0;
Object mon=new Object();

public void run(){
for (int i...){
   t[i]=new SubThread();
   t[i].start();
   synchronized(mon){runs++;}
}
while ( runs>0) {
    try{ Thraed.sleep(100); } catch(Exception err){}
}
....
}

class SubThread extends Thread{
public void run(){
  try{
  ...
  // fill ArayList used synchronized-block
  ...
  // ready:
  }finally{ synchronized(mon){runs--;} }
}
}

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Filling a ArayList used synchronized-block:
synchronized(mon){arrayListFromThread.add("something");}

Janush

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