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by <a href="http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl">Doug Lea</a> |
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This is an updated version of the specification submitted for JCP Public |
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Review. To check for further updates, access a preliminary prototype |
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release of main functionality, or join a mailing list discussing |
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JSR-166, go to: <A |
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This is maintenance repository of JSR166 specifications. For further |
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information, go to: <A |
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HREF="http://altair.cs.oswego.edu/mailman/listinfo/concurrency-interest"> |
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http://altair.cs.oswego.edu/mailman/listinfo/concurrency-interest</A>. |
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<p><em>Note: The javadocs here includes some existing java.util |
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Collection interfaces and classes that are not part of the JSR-166 |
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spec, but are included because JSR-166 methods implement or inherit |
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from their specifications.</em> |
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<p><em>Note: The javadocs here do <em>not</em> include pre-existing |
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java classes (for example <tt>java.lang.Thread</tt>) that were changed |
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as part of the JSR166 spec. On the other hand, the javadocs here do |
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include some existing java.util Collection interfaces and classes that |
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are not part of the spec, but are included because some new methods |
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implement or inherit from their specifications. |
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<p> JSR-166 introduces package <tt>java.util.concurrent</tt> |
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containing utility classes commonly useful in concurrent |
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programming. Like package <tt>java.util</tt>, it includes a few small |
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standardized extensible frameworks, as well as some classes that |
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standardized extensible frameworks, as well as other classes that |
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provide useful functionality and are otherwise tedious or difficult to |
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implement. |
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pools. This diversity reflects the range of contexts in which |
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developers of concurrent programs have been found to require or desire |
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support not previously available in J2SE, which also keeping the |
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resulting package small; providing only functionality that it makes |
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sense to standardize. |
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resulting package small; providing only functionality that has been |
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found to be worthwhile to standardize. |
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<p>Descriptions and brief motivations for the main components may be |
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found in the associated package documentation. JSR-166 also includes |