Semaphore - jdk1.5并发包

Java中Semaphore是一个同步类，它维护了指定数量的权限。当前线程需要访问共享内存时需要获取权限，如果该权限被其它线程占有将会等待直到释放权限。这种同步策略可以用来实现生产者消费者问题以及应用在线程池、数据库连接池中。

Semaphore类初始化时指定权限数，它提供了两个主要的方法acquire()和release()用于获取和释放权限。acquire()方法阻塞至有可用的权限，使用Semaphore可以实现线程间的互斥。

Semaphore使用实例

import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;

public class SemaphoreTest{
	Semaphore binary = new Semaphore(1);

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		final SemaphoreTest test = new SemaphoreTest();

		new Thread(){
			public void run(){
				test.mutualExclusion();
			}
		}.start();

		new Thread(){
			public void run(){
				test.mutualExclusion();
			}
		}.start();
	}

	private void mutualExclusion(){
		try{
			binary.acquire();

			// mutual exclusive region
			System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " inside mutual exclusive region");

			Thread.sleep(1000);
		}catch (InterruptedException ie) {
			ie.printStackTrace();
		}finally{
			binary.release();
			System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " outside of mutual exclusive region");
		}
	}
}

output：

Thread-0 inside mutual exclusive region
Thread-0 outside of mutual exclusive region
Thread-1 inside mutual exclusive region
Thread-1 outside of mutual exclusive region