Concurrent Programming in Java

Errata for the second printing

Corrections and Clarifications

Page 17 and 18

Replace `SimpleMessageApplet' with `ThreadedApplet' [Inconsistent naming.]

Page 30 and 315

Replace `Coularis' with `Coulouris'. [Typo.]

Page 49

Replace `Owner y requests a Resource from Owner x' with `Owner x requests a Resource from Owner y' [Dumb error.]

Page 53

Replace `IllegalArgumentAxception' with `IllegalArgumentException' [Typo]

Page 64

Replace "the each method" with "each method" [Typo.]

Page 69

Add footnote: Even though synchronization might not be strictly necessary in moveTo and shiftX methods as the class is written, they would be in more realistic versions of this class containing other methods that rely on atomicity of updates to prevent inconsistent access. [Clarification.]

Page 99

Replace comment: //invariant: 0 <= capacity with //invariant 0 < capacity [Usage inconsistency]

Page 110

Add footnote: `Note that in this implementation, zero is not a valid value for maxWaitMillis since wait(0) has the special meaning in Java of being equivalent to wait(). [Clarification.]

Page 143

Replace AccountUser with AccountHolder [Typo.]

Page 234

Replace g.fillRect(origin.x, origin.y, size_.width, size_.height; with g.fillRect(origin.x, origin.y, size_.width, size_.height); (i.e., add missing end-parenthesis) [Typo]

Page 253 and 254

Replace int newValue = value with int newValue = other.value_ [Coding error.]

Page 301

Replace protected Object waitingReaderMonitor_ = new Object();
with protected Object waitingReaderMonitor_ = this;
[This change (as suggested on page 300) removes a potential deadlock condition.]

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