栅栏类似于闭锁,能阻塞一组线程直到某个事件发生,栅栏与闭锁的关键区别在于,所有线程必须同时到达栅栏位置,才能继续执行,闭锁用于等待事件,栅栏用于等待线程,栅栏用于实现一些协议,例如几个家庭在什么地方集合,在协商下一步的事情
CyclicBarrier可以使一定数量的问题拆分成一系列相互独立的子问题,当线程到达栅栏位置时将调用await方法,这个方法将阻塞直到所有线程都到达这个位置,如果所有线程都到达这个位置,这个栅栏将打开,线程释放。
如果await的调用超时,或者线程被中断,会抛出BarrierBrokenException
//CyclicBarrier协调细胞自动衍生系统中的计算
public class cellularAutomata{
private final Board mainBoard;
private final CyclicBarrier barrier;
private final Worker[] workers;
public cellularAutomata(Board board){
this.mainBoard = board;
int count = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
this.barrier = new CyclicBarrier(count,new Runnable(){
public void run(){
mainBoard.commitNewValue();
}
}
});
this.workers = new Worker[count];
for(int i = 0;i<count;i++){
workers[i] = new Worker(mainBoard.getSubboard(count,i));
}
private class Worder implements Runnable{
private final Board board;
public Worder(Board board){this.board = board;}
public void run(){
while(!board.hasConverged()){
for(int x = 0;x<board.getMaxX();x++){
for(int y = 0;y<board.getMaxY();y++){
board.setNewValue(x,y,computeValue(x,y));
}
}
try{
barrier.await();
}catch(InterruptedException ex){
return;
}catch(BrokenBarrierException ex){
return;
}
}
}
}
public void start(){
for(int i = 0;i<workers.length;i++){
new Thread(workers[i]).start();
}
mainBoard.waitForConvergence();
}
}