Copy-on-write

写时复制

java里面在处理类似string之类的final对象时，其实是新建了一个字符串，这个就是cow

CopyOnWriteArrayList

add和remove源码

操作逻辑是先加锁，再复制新数组，加或者减元素，释放锁

    public boolean add(E e) {
        final ReentrantLock lock = this.lock;
        lock.lock();
        try {
            Object[] elements = getArray();
            int len = elements.length;
            Object[] newElements = Arrays.copyOf(elements, len + 1);
            newElements[len] = e;
            setArray(newElements);
            return true;
        } finally {
            lock.unlock();
        }
    }

    public E remove(int index) {
        final ReentrantLock lock = this.lock;
        lock.lock();
        try {
            Object[] elements = getArray();
            int len = elements.length;
            E oldValue = get(elements, index);
            int numMoved = len - index - 1;
            if (numMoved == 0)
                setArray(Arrays.copyOf(elements, len - 1));
            else {
                Object[] newElements = new Object[len - 1];
                System.arraycopy(elements, 0, newElements, 0, index);
                System.arraycopy(elements, index + 1, newElements, index,
                                 numMoved);
                setArray(newElements);
            }
            return oldValue;
        } finally {
            lock.unlock();
        }
    }

小结

几种情况性能很差

1、容器在修改的时候会复制一个一样的新list处理，如果原先对象很大

2、修改频繁的操作

这个容器很明显适合读多写少的场景，并且只能保证最终一致性。修改期间读，还是老的数据