CountDownLatch - jdk1.5并发包

什么是CountDownLatch 

CountDownLatch是一种同步类，它运行一个线程在执行前等待一个或多个线程，这经常用于服务器端开发。通常当主线程调用await()方法后将会等待直到计数器到达0或者被其它线程中断。其它线程通过调用countDown()方法将会在完成任务后将计数器减1。计数器为0是主线程将开始运行。

CountDownLatch 例子

import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;

public class CountDownLatchDemo{
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(3);
		Thread cacheService = new Thread(new Service("CacheService", 1000, latch));
       	Thread alertService = new Thread(new Service("AlertService", 1000, latch));
       	Thread validationService = new Thread(new Service("ValidationService", 1000, latch));

       	cacheService.start(); //separate thread will initialize CacheService
       	alertService.start(); //another thread for AlertService initialization
       	validationService.start();

       	try{
       		latch.await();
       		System.out.println("All services are up, Application is starting now");
       	}catch(InterruptedException ie){
       		ie.printStackTrace();
       	}
	}
}

class Service implements Runnable{
    private final String name;
    private final int timeToStart;
    private final CountDownLatch latch;
  
    public Service(String name, int timeToStart, CountDownLatch latch){
        this.name = name;
        this.timeToStart = timeToStart;
        this.latch = latch;
    }
  
    @Override
    public void run() {
        try {
            Thread.sleep(timeToStart);
        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
        System.out.println( name + " is Up");
        latch.countDown(); //reduce count of CountDownLatch by 1
    }
  
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output：

AlertService is Up
CacheService is Up
ValidationService is Up
All services are up, Application is starting now

知识点：

1.CountDownLatch 一旦计数器减到0将不能被重用，这是和CyclicBarrier主要的区别

2.主线程调用await()方法等待，其它线程调用countDown()方法来通知主线程已经完成

参考：

http://javarevisited.blogspot.hk/2012/07/countdownlatch-example-in-java.html