1) Reader&Writer Problem Intro
? ? 1> Reader&Writer task may share a resource, say a DB.
? ? 2> Many Reader may access a DB without fear of data corruption.
? ? 3> Only one Writer may access a DB at a time.
? ? Read Access: If no threads are writing, and no threads have acquired the write access.
? ? Write Access: If no threads are reading or writing.
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2) Read&Write Lock
? ? 1> Read&Write Lock is especially useful for Reader&Writer Problem
? ? ? ? ?when there are many threads that read from a data structure and fewer threads that modify it.?
? ? 2> It makes sense to allow shared access for the readers. And a writer must still have exclusive access.
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3) Example
class="java">package edu.xmu.thread; import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock; import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock.ReadLock; import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock.WriteLock; public class ReadeWriteLockTest { public static void main(String[] args) { Calculator calculator = new Calculator(2); Thread reader = new Thread(new Reader(calculator)); Thread reader2 = new Thread(new Reader(calculator)); Thread writer = new Thread(new Writer(calculator)); reader.start(); reader2.start(); writer.start(); } } class Reader implements Runnable { Calculator calculator; public Reader(Calculator calculator) { super(); this.calculator = calculator; } @Override public void run() { while (true) { int sum = calculator.getSum(); System.out.println("Thread: " + Thread.currentThread() + " finished getSum(), sum = " + sum); try { Thread.sleep((long) (1000 * Math.random())); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } } class Writer implements Runnable { Calculator calculator; public Writer(Calculator calculator) { super(); this.calculator = calculator; } @Override public void run() { while (true) { calculator.add((int) (10 * Math.random())); try { Thread.sleep((long) (1000 * Math.random())); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } } class Calculator { ReentrantReadWriteLock readWriteLock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock(); ReadLock readLock; WriteLock writeLock; int sum; public Calculator(int sum) { super(); this.sum = sum; readLock = readWriteLock.readLock(); writeLock = readWriteLock.writeLock(); } public void add(int i) { writeLock.lock(); System.out.println("Thread: " + Thread.currentThread() + " get into add(" + i + ")"); try { Thread.sleep((long) (1000 * Math.random())); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } sum += i; System.out.println("Thread: " + Thread.currentThread() + " finished add(" + i + ")"); writeLock.unlock(); } public int getSum() { readLock.lock(); System.out.println("Thread: " + Thread.currentThread() + " get into getSum()"); readLock.unlock(); return sum; } }
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Thread: Thread[Thread-0,5,main] get into getSum() // thread-0 got read lock Thread: Thread[Thread-1,5,main] get into getSum() // thread-1 got read lock Thread: Thread[Thread-0,5,main] finished getSum(), sum = 2 // thread-0 released read lock Thread: Thread[Thread-1,5,main] finished getSum(), sum = 2 // thread-1 released read lock Thread: Thread[Thread-2,5,main] get into add(4) // thread-2 got write lock and no other write/read lock may be got before this write lock released Thread: Thread[Thread-2,5,main] finished add(4) // thread-2 released write lock and other write/read lock may be got again. Thread: Thread[Thread-1,5,main] get into getSum() Thread: Thread[Thread-0,5,main] get into getSum() Thread: Thread[Thread-1,5,main] finished getSum(), sum = 6 Thread: Thread[Thread-0,5,main] finished getSum(), sum = 6 Thread: Thread[Thread-1,5,main] get into getSum() Thread: Thread[Thread-1,5,main] finished getSum(), sum = 6 Thread: Thread[Thread-2,5,main] get into add(5) Thread: Thread[Thread-2,5,main] finished add(5) Thread: Thread[Thread-0,5,main] get into getSum() Thread: Thread[Thread-1,5,main] get into getSum() Thread: Thread[Thread-0,5,main] finished getSum(), sum = 11 Thread: Thread[Thread-1,5,main] finished getSum(), sum = 11 Thread: Thread[Thread-0,5,main] get into getSum() Thread: Thread[Thread-0,5,main] finished getSum(), sum = 11 Thread: Thread[Thread-2,5,main] get into add(1) Thread: Thread[Thread-2,5,main] finished add(1) Thread: Thread[Thread-1,5,main] get into getSum() Thread: Thread[Thread-1,5,main] finished getSum(), sum = 12 Thread: Thread[Thread-2,5,main] get into add(6) Thread: Thread[Thread-2,5,main] finished add(6) Thread: Thread[Thread-0,5,main] get into getSum() Thread: Thread[Thread-0,5,main] finished getSum(), sum = 18
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Reference Links:
1)?http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~fredk/Courses/cs422/sp03/Lectures/concurrency2.pdf
2)?http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-concurrency/read-write-locks.html
3)?http://java.dzone.com/news/java-concurrency-read-write-lo
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