You are reading the second part of the multithreading in Java series. The first part covered the basics of threads, explained the theory that lies behind them, and then gave examples of the two possible ways of creating new threads. This article resumes the journey by getting even deeper into concepts like the ThreadGroup class, synchronization, and inter-thread communication.
- Before we begin, its worth noting that this article is a sequel, so it presumes sound knowledge of the things we learned in the prior part. That part of the series was also published here, so should you have any doubts, please refer back to it. There are three kinds of variable types to whic...