ReentrantReadWriteLock for Read Heavy Workloads
ReentrantReadWriteLock is the standard JDK implementation of ReadWriteLock.
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ReadWriteLock Mental Model in Java
Not all shared state has the same access pattern.
Producer Consumer with ReentrantLock and Condition in Java
Producer-consumer is one of the best examples for why explicit conditions exist.
Multiple Condition Queues with Condition in Java
One of the biggest practical advantages of Condition over monitor-based wait/notify is that one lock can have more than one wait queue.
Condition in Java as a Structured wait notify Alternative
Monitor-based wait and notify are powerful, but they become hard to maintain when one shared state has several reasons to wait.