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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 the proposed final draft JSR166 specification. To check for |
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further updates, or join a mailing list discussing JSR-166, go to: <A |
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HREF="http://altair.cs.oswego.edu/mailman/listinfo/concurrency-interest"> |
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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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pools. This diversity reflects the range of contexts in which |
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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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<p>Descriptions and brief motivations for the main components may be |
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