I know that
When you synchronize a block of code, you specify which object's lock you want to use as the lock, so you could, for example, use some third-party object as the lock for this piece of code. That gives you the ability to have more than one lock for code synchronization within a single object.
However, I don't understand the need of passing argument to the block. Because it doesn't matter whether I pass String's instance, Some random class's instance to the synchronized block as the synchronized block works perfectly irrespective of the parameter being passed to the block.
So my question is if anyways synchronized block stops two threads from entering the critical section simultaneously. Then why there is a need of passing an argument. (I mean acquire lock on some random object by default).
I hope I framed my question correctly.
I have tried the following example with random parameters being to the synchronized block.
public class Launcher {
public static void main(String[] args) {
AccountOperations accOps=new AccountOperations();
Thread lucy=new Thread(accOps,"Lucy");
Thread sam=new Thread(accOps,"Sam");
lucy.start();
sam.start();
}
}
Using non-static synchronized block:
public class AccountOperations implements Runnable{
private Account account = new Account();
public void run(){
for(int i=0;i<5;i++){
makeWithdrawal(10);
}
}
public void makeWithdrawal(int amount){
String str="asd"
synchronized (str /* pass any non-null object the synchronized block works*/) {
if(account.getAmount()>10){
try{
Thread.sleep(5000);
}catch(InterruptedException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
account.withdraw(amount);
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName()+" has withdrawn 10, current balance "+ account.getAmount());
}else{
System.out.println("Insufficient funds "+account.getAmount());
}
}
}
}
Using static synchronized block:
public class AccountOperations implements Runnable{
private static Account account = new Account();
public void run(){
for(int i=0;i<5;i++){
makeWithdrawal(10);
}
}
public static void makeWithdrawal(int amount){
synchronized (String.class /* pass any class literal synchronized block works*/) {
if(account.getAmount()>10){
try{
Thread.sleep(5000);
}catch(InterruptedException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
account.withdraw(amount);
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName()+" has withdrawn 10, current balance "+ account.getAmount());
}else{
System.out.println("Insufficient funds "+account.getAmount());
}
}
}
}
