Atomic Classes in Java Overview
Atomic classes are the next major step after locks and volatile.
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Choosing Between synchronized ReentrantLock ReadWriteLock and StampedLock
Java gives you several ways to coordinate shared mutable state.
When StampedLock Helps and When It Hurts
StampedLock is one of the easiest concurrency tools to overestimate.
StampedLock in Java Optimistic Read Read Lock and Write Lock
StampedLock was added for advanced cases where read-mostly access patterns may benefit from something lighter than ordinary read-lock coordination.
Lock Downgrading and Lock Upgrade Limitations in Java
Read-write locks introduce a subtle topic that ordinary exclusive locks do not: moving between read and write modes.