Much of what there is to learn about programming with Java threads hasn’t changed dramatically over the evolution of the Java platform, but it has changed incrementally. In this Java threads primer, ...

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Writing multithreaded applications in Java can trip up beginner and intermediate programmers alike. Before you tie yourself in a knot, learn how to sidestep these common threading mistakes. Threading ...

I have a program perfect for threading. Except at the core of the critical loop I call a Swing method. So how do I best do this? A) Surround the Swing.method() with locks. Sounds slow. B) Come up with ...

Hanging threads are a common challenge in the development of software that has to interface with proprietary devices using proprietary or standardized interfaces such as SNMP, Q3, or Telnet. This ...

We have this business in-house application that uses Sun's JAVA JVM 1.4 and it's a bandwidth hogger, since it involves a lot of real-time streaming data. The users complain that the app runs slow on ...