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Output for above code:
Thread[Thread-0,5,main] Before
Thread[Thread-1,5,main] Before
Thread[Thread-1,5,main] a = 2
Thread[Thread-0,5,main] a = 3
Thread[Thread-1,5,main] After
Thread[Thread-0,5,main] After


Isn't this output strange, since the synchronized keyword (with the method) must disallow simultaneous execution of the method by both the threads?
I expected an output as follows:

Thread[Thread-0,5,main] Before
Thread[Thread-1,5,main] a = 2
Thread[Thread-1,5,main] After
Thread[Thread-1,5,main] Before
Thread[Thread-0,5,main] a = 3
Thread[Thread-0,5,main] After
 
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t1 and t2 are two instances of Thread1, so they are free to run in any order (I mean the way they gets their turn). t1 is free to execute it's print method while t2 execute it's own.
 
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You're running totally different instances of the same class. That is t1 and t2 shares only int a = 1, but nothing more!
That's why printing ouput is like that.
 
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Hello N Pats,

Make the print() method static, then you will get your desired output.
For making static instance variable synchronized,make the method synchronized.


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Jari Timonen wrote:You're running totally different instances of the same class. That is t1 and t2 shares only int a = 1, but nothing more!
That's why printing ouput is like that.





Hello,

Please have a look at the above code. It works fine to give me the expected output. But i'd really appreciate if someone could explain why this is working.. This time i have 2 different instances or 2 different classes and both are sharing the same object v of class Shared.
 
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The reason why it works now is because there is only one lock involved (the lock for the shared Shared instance.)
Edit: I just took another look at your code. What output are you expecting, and what output are you getting? To make things more interesting, print the id of the thread after each print() invocation in the for() loop and see what you get.
 
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Ruben Soto wrote:The reason why it works now is because there is only one lock involved (the lock for the shared Shared instance.)
Edit: I just took another look at your code. What output are you expecting, and what output are you getting? To make things more interesting, print the id of the thread after each print() invocation in the for() loop and see what you get.




Hi Ruben,

Earlier, i was getting the following output despite of sing the word synchronized. I was using it at the wrong place and was getting the following output:


Output for above code:

Thread[Thread-0,5,main] Before
Thread[Thread-1,5,main] Before
Thread[Thread-1,5,main] a = 2
Thread[Thread-0,5,main] a = 3
Thread[Thread-1,5,main] After
Thread[Thread-0,5,main] After


instead of this output:(expected)

Thread[Thread-0,5,main] Before
Thread[Thread-1,5,main] a = 2
Thread[Thread-1,5,main] After
Thread[Thread-1,5,main] Before
Thread[Thread-0,5,main] a = 3
Thread[Thread-0,5,main] After

Now i understood concept.

Thanks all!! But more inputs/explanations are welcome..
 
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