Example of Synchronization

Below is the implementation of the Java Synchronization:

The output is the same every time we run the program.

Explanation

In the above example, we choose to synchronize the Sender object inside the run() method of the ThreadedSend class. Alternately, we could define the whole send() block as synchronized, producing the same result. Then we don’t have to synchronize the Message object inside the run() method in ThreadedSend class. 

// An alternate implementation to demonstrate
// that we can use synchronized with method also.

class Sender {
   public synchronized void send(String msg)
   {
       System.out.println("Sending\t" + msg);
       try {
           Thread.sleep(1000);
       }
       catch (Exception e) {
           System.out.println("Thread interrupted.");
       }
       System.out.println("\n" + msg + "Sent");
   }
}

We do not always have to synchronize a whole method. Sometimes it is preferable to synchronize only part of a method. Java synchronized blocks inside methods make this possible.

// One more alternate implementation to demonstrate
// that synchronized can be used with only a part of  
// method

class Sender  
{
   public void send(String msg)
   {
       synchronized(this)
       {
           System.out.println("Sending\t" + msg );
           try  
           {
               Thread.sleep(1000);
           }  
           catch (Exception e)  
           {
               System.out.println("Thread interrupted.");
           }
           System.out.println("\n" + msg + "Sent");
       }
   }
}

Example of the synchronized method by using an anonymous class

Multi-threaded programs may often come to a situation where multiple threads try to access the same resources and finally produce erroneous and unforeseen results.