Extending Java to support shared resource protection and deadlock detection in threads programming

Authors:
Anita J. Van Engen;Michael K. Bradshaw;Nathan Oostendorp
Affiliations:
-;-;-
Venue:
Crossroads - Special issue on Java
Year:
1997

Citing 2
Cited 0

Operating systems: design and implementation

Operating systems: design and implementation
Monitors: an operating system structuring concept

Communications of the ACM

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Java threads enable programmers to write parallel programs very easily and conveniently. However, the current Java specification does not adequately provide for the protection of shared resources or for deadlock detection, two of the most common problems arising from parallel programs. The ability to solve these problems is crucial for Java concurrent programming. In this paper, we introduce and implement a model that can aid in writing parallel programs by providing shared resource protection and deadlock detection.