Semaphore vs. Monitors – what’s the difference?
What are the major differences between a Monitor and a Semaphore? 7 Answers 7
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What is a semaphore?
A semaphore is a programming concept that is frequently used to solve multi-threading problems. My question to the community: What is a semaphore and how do you use it? 15 Answers 15
What is the difference between lock, mutex and semaphore?
I’ve heard these words related to concurrent programming, but what’s the difference between lock, mutex and semaphore? 10 s 10 A lock allows only one thread to enter the part that’s locked and the lock is not shared with any other processes. A mutex is the same as a lock but it can be system … Read more
Difference between binary semaphore and mutex
Is there any difference between a binary semaphore and mutex or are they essentially the same? 36 s 36
Is there a Mutex in Java?
See this page: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/javase/index-140767.html It has a slightly different pattern which is (I think) what you are looking for: try { mutex.acquire(); try { // do something } finally { mutex.release(); } } catch(InterruptedException ie) { // … } In this usage, you’re only calling release() after a successful acquire()
