Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 8 Programmer Exam 1Z0-809: A Comprehensive OCPJP 8 Certification Guide

CHAPTER 11

Java Concurrency

Certification Objectives
Create worker threads using Runnable, Callable, and use an ExecutorService to concurrently execute tasks
Identify potential threading problems among deadlock, starvation, livelock, and race conditions
Use synchronized keyword and java.util.concurrent.atomic package to control the order of thread execution
Use java.util.concurrent collections and classes including CyclicBarrier and CopyOnWriteArrayList
Use parallel Fork/Join Framework
Use parallel Streams including reduction, decomposition, merging processes, pipelines, and performance

Concurrency is gaining importance with more widespread ...