java 线程 变量 同步,Java：线程之间的变量同步

I'm trying to start/stop Java threads in the following way.

public class ThreadTester {

public static void main(String[] args) {

MyThread mt;

int max = 3;

for (int i = 0; i < max; i++) {

mt = new MyThread();

mt.start();

mt.finish();

}

}

}

public class MyThread extends Thread {

private volatile boolean active;

public void run() {

this.active = true;

while (isActive()) {

System.out.println("do something");

}

}

public void finish() {

this.active = false;

}

public boolean isActive() {

return active;

}

}

Everything works as expected only if max <= 2. Otherwise some threads continue with their output, although isActive should return false. That was at least my expectation.

The question: what is the proper way to synchronize a variable between the "master" and it's "slave" threads?

解决方案

You should initialize active to true during declaration and NOT in a run method.

public class MyThread extends Thread {

private volatile boolean active = true;

public void run() {

// this.active = true;

while (isActive()) {

// do nothing

}

}

public void finish() {

this.active = false;

}

}

The way you are doing it there is a race condition.

Also, the better approach for safely stopping a thread is to use interruption.