// A Java program to demonstrate working of
// synchronized.
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
// A Class used to send a message
class Sender {
public void send(String msg)
System.out.println("Sending\t" + msg);
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Thread interrupted.");
System.out.println("\n" + msg + "Sent");
}
// Class for send a message using Threads
class ThreadedSend extends Thread {
private String msg;
Sender sender;
// Receives a message object and a string
// message to be sent
ThreadedSend(String m, Sender obj)
msg = m;
sender = obj;
public void run()
// Only one thread can send a message
// at a time.
synchronized (sender)
// synchronizing the send object
sender.send(msg);
}
// Driver class
class SyncDemo {
public static void main(String args[])
Sender send = new Sender();
ThreadedSend S1 = new ThreadedSend(" Hi ", send);
ThreadedSend S2 = new ThreadedSend(" Bye ", send);
// Start two threads of ThreadedSend type
S1.start();
S2.start();
// wait for threads to end
try {
S1.join();
S2.join();
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Interrupted");
Output
Sending Hi
Hi Sent
Sending Bye
Bye Sent
Explanation
In the above example, we choose to synchronize the Sender object inside
the run() method of the ThreadedSend class. Alternately, we could define
the whole send() block as synchronized, producing the same result. Then
we don’t have to synchronize the Message object inside the run() method in
ThreadedSend class.
// An alternate implementation to demonstrate
// that we can use synchronized with method also.
class Sender {
public synchronized void send(String msg)
{
System.out.println("Sending\t" + msg);
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Thread interrupted.");
}
System.out.println("\n" + msg + "Sent");
}
}
We do not always have to synchronize a whole method. Sometimes it is
preferable to synchronize only part of a method. Java synchronized blocks
inside methods make this possible.
// One more alternate implementation to demonstrate
// that synchronized can be used with only a part of
// method
class Sender
{
public void send(String msg)
{
synchronized(this)
{
System.out.println("Sending\t" + msg );
try
{
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.println("Thread interrupted.");
}
System.out.println("\n" + msg + "Sent");
}
}
}
Example of the synchronized method by using an anonymous
class
Java
// Java Pogram to synchronized method by
// using an anonymous class
import java.io.*;
class Test {
synchronized void test_function(int n)
// synchronized method
for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
System.out.println(n + i);
try {
Thread.sleep(500);
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
// Driver Class
public class GFG {
// Main function
public static void main(String args[])
// only one object
final Test obj = new Test();
Thread a = new Thread() {
public void run() { obj.test_function(15); }
};
Thread b = new Thread() {
public void run() { obj.test_function(30); }
};
a.start();
b.start();
Output
16
17
18
31
32
33