ForkJoinPool in Java 7

The new ForkJoinPool in Java 7 provides significant performance improvement for programs that involve recursion. As mentioned in the Java website, the basic principle is: if (my portion of the work is small enough) do the work directly else split my work into two pieces invoke the two pieces and wait for the… Read More ForkJoinPool in Java 7

December 1, 2013November 29, 2020 Anil G KurianLeave a comment

Thread Local Variables

Have you ever thought of havinh thread level local variable? Interestingly there is a way to use that. since Java 1.2 and today only I came to know that 😦 ThreadLocal is the class you can use for that. One main advantage I found (in fact my requirement) is that thread itself can carry information… Read More Thread Local Variables

July 9, 2012November 29, 2020 Anil G KurianLeave a comment