Java examples for Thread:Producer Consumer
Producer-Consumer with Runnable interface
import java.util.Random; class Consumer implements Runnable { private Drop drop; public Consumer(Drop drop) { this.drop = drop; }//from w w w . j a va 2 s . c o m public void run() { Random random = new Random(); for (String message = drop.take(); !message.equals("DONE"); message = drop .take()) { System.out.format("MESSAGE RECEIVED: %s%n", message); try { Thread.sleep(random.nextInt(5000)); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } } } } class Drop { // Message sent from producer // to consumer. private String message; // True if consumer should wait // for producer to send message, // false if producer should wait for // consumer to retrieve message. private boolean empty = true; public synchronized String take() { // Wait until message is // available. while (empty) { try { wait(); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } } // Toggle status. empty = true; // Notify producer that // status has changed. notifyAll(); return message; } public synchronized void put(String message) { // Wait until message has // been retrieved. while (!empty) { try { wait(); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } } // Toggle status. empty = false; // Store message. this.message = message; // Notify consumer that status // has changed. notifyAll(); } } class Producer implements Runnable { private Drop drop; public Producer(Drop drop) { this.drop = drop; } public void run() { String importantInfo[] = { "Mares eat oats", "Does eat oats", "Little lambs eat ivy", "A kid will eat ivy too" }; Random random = new Random(); for (int i = 0; i < importantInfo.length; i++) { drop.put(importantInfo[i]); try { Thread.sleep(random.nextInt(5000)); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } } drop.put("DONE"); } } public class ProducerConsumerExample { public static void main(String[] args) { Drop drop = new Drop(); (new Thread(new Producer(drop))).start(); (new Thread(new Consumer(drop))).start(); } } /* * Copyright (c) 1995, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * - Neither the name of Oracle or the names of its * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived * from this software without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS * IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, * THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */