Explain wait(), notify() and notifyAll() in Java Thread?
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If you ask me one concept in Java which is so obvious yet most misunderstood, I would say the wait(), notify() and notifyAll() methods. They are quite obvious because they are the one of the three methods of total 9 methods from java.lang.Object but if you ask when to use the wait(), notify() and notfiyAll() in Java, not many Java developer can answer with surety. The number will go down dramatically if you ask them to solve the producer-consumer problem using wait() and notify(). Many will use if block instead of while loop, many others will get confused on which object they should call wait() and notify()method? Some of them even succeed in creating livelock, deadlock, and other multithreading issues. That's why it's become very important to know as much as possible about these three methods. In this article, I am going to share some practical tips and points about wait(), notify() and notifyAll() in Java. Two books, which helped me a lot while understanding this core c
