当两个线程相互等待对方释放同步监视器时就会发生死锁,Java虚拟机没有监测,也 没有采取措施来处理死锁情况,所以多线程编程时应该采取措施避免死锁出现。一旦 出现死锁,整个程序既不会发生任何异常,也不会给出任何提示,只是所有线程处于 阻塞状态,无法继续。 在系统中出现多个同步监视器的情况下很容易发生死锁。
为充分理解死锁,观察它的行为是很有用的。下面的例子生成了两个类,A和B,分别有foo( )和bar( )方法。这两种方法在调用其他类的方法前有一个短暂的停顿。主类,名为Deadlock,创建了A和B的实例,然后启动第二个线程去设置死锁环境。foo( )和bar( )方法使用sleep( )强迫死锁现象发生。
// An example of deadlock.
class A {
synchronized void foo(B b) {
String name = Thread.currentThread().getName();
System.out.println(name + " entered A.foo");
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
} catch(Exception e) {
System.out.println("A Interrupted");
}
System.out.println(name + " trying to call B.last()");
b.last();
}
synchronized void last() {
System.out.println("Inside A.last");
}
}
class B {
synchronized void bar(A a) {
String name = Thread.currentThread().getName();
System.out.println(name + " entered B.bar");
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
} catch(Exception e) {
System.out.println("B Interrupted");
}
System.out.println(name + " trying to call A.last()");
a.last();
}
synchronized void last() {
System.out.println("Inside A.last");
}
}
class Deadlock implements Runnable {
A a = new A();
B b = new B();
Deadlock() {
Thread.currentThread().setName("MainThread");
Thread t = new Thread(this, "RacingThread");
t.start();
a.foo(b); // get lock on a in this thread.
System.out.println("Back in main thread");
}
public void run() {
b.bar(a); // get lock on b in other thread.
System.out.println("Back in other thread");
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
new Deadlock();
}
}
运行程序后,输出如下:
MainThread entered A.foo
RacingThread entered B.bar
MainThread trying to call B.last()
RacingThread trying to call A.last()