Multithreaded Programming with JAVA™ Technology

Bil Lewis, Daniel J. Berg, Sun Microsystems Press0130170070, 9780130170071

Multithreading gives developers using the Java 2 platform a powerful tool fordramatically improving the responsiveness and performance of their programs on anyplatform, even those without inherent multithreading support. MultithreadedProgramming with Java Technology is the first complete guide to multithreadeddevelopment with the Java 2 platform. Multithreading experts Bill Lewis and DanielJ. Berg cover the underlying structures upon which threads are built; threadconstruction; and thread cycles, including birth, life, death, and cancellation. Next,using extensive code examples, they cover everything developers need to know tomake the most of multithreading.