Counters Under Contention in Java
Counting looks trivial until many threads hit the same number.
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LongAdder and LongAccumulator Under Contention
Atomic counters are simple and effective.
ABA Problem Explained for Java Engineers
The ABA problem is one of the classic edge cases in non-blocking algorithms.
Compare And Set and CAS Loops in Java
Compare-and-set is the core move behind most atomic programming in Java.
AtomicInteger AtomicLong AtomicBoolean and AtomicReference in Java
These four atomic types cover a large percentage of practical application-level atomic use cases.