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How JVM performs Thread Synchronization?

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How JVM performs Thread Synchronization?

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JVM associates a lock with an object or a class to achieve mutilthreading. A lock is like a token or privilege that only one thread can “possess” at any one time. When a thread wants to lock a particular object or class, it asks the JVM.JVM responds to thread with a lock maybe very soon, maybe later, or never. When the thread no longer needs the lock, it returns it to the JVM. If another thread has requested the same lock, the JVM passes the lock to that thread.If a thread has a lock,no other thread can access the locked data until the thread that owns the lock releases it.The JVM uses locks in conjunction with monitors. A monitor is basically a guardian in that it watches over a sequence of code, making sure only one thread at a time executes the code.Each monitor is associated with an object reference. It is the responsibility of monitor to watch an arriving thread must obtain a lock on the referenced object.When the thread leaves the block,it releases the lock on the associated obje

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