Introduction

Overview

Snow Runners

Learning Objectives

• State the definition of a thread

• List and describe the two ways to create and start a thread

• List and describe the differences between creating a Thread class and implementing the Runnable interface

• Explain how to set the priority of a thread

• Explain how thread priority behavior depends on the operating system

• Understand the cause of race conditions

• Understand the mechanics of synchronization

• Demonstrate ability to manage multiple threads sharing common resources

• Demonstrate ability to use the Java wait and notify mechanism to ensure cooperation between threads

• Understand the cause of deadlock conditions