Java EE: Concurrency and Multithreading

Make your Java applications faster and more resource efficient. Learn how to use Java concurrency and multithreading APIs to execute multiple tasks simultaneously.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know

1. Overview and Setup

• What is concurrency?
• Project setup

2. Processes and Threads

• Process vs. thread
• Java SE multithreading overview
• Using the Thread class to create and run a thread
• Using the Runnable interface to create and run a thread
• Limitations of using basic APIs

3. Executor API

• Features of the Executor framework and thread pools
• Callables and futures
• Executor and ExecutorService
• ExecutorService overview
• Define UserDao and user beans
• Write the UserProcessor callable implementation
• Write a test class and run the application
• Different thread pools
• ExecutorService: invokeAny and invokeAll
• ExecutorService shutdown
• ScheduledExecutorService overview
• The schedule method
• scheduleAtFixedRate and scheduleWithFixedDelay
• ThreadFactory API
• Create a custom thread factory

4. Java EE Concurrency APIs

• Need for Java EE concurrency
• Java EE concurrency APIs
• Set up a Java EE RESTful application
• Running and testing the Java EE RESTful application
• Important Java EE terms
• ManagedExecutorService (MES) overview
• Define the bank account related beans and DAO class
• Add methods in the DAO class
• Define ReportProcessor
• Write REST class for injecting MES objects
• Verify code and add the REST method
• Run and test the ManagedExecutorService application
• ManagedScheduledExecutorService overview
• Defining the URLProcessor for the thread's job
• Add a REST method to call the URLProcessor
• Important pointers and API overview
• ManagedThreadFactory API
• Create a single thread with ManagedThreadFactory
• ManagedThreadFactory with ThreadPoolExecutor
• ContextService API
• Create a contextual proxy

5. Concurrency and Transactions

• Java Transaction API (JTA) transactions with concurrency
• Define the data sources in GlassFish server
• Define the session bean class for database operations
• Define the transaction processor
• Define the REST class
• Run the JTA application

Conclusion

• Next steps