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A work queue is used to coordinate work between a producer and a set of worker threads
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import java.util.LinkedList;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] argv) {
WorkQueue queue = new WorkQueue();
int numWorkers = 2;
Worker[] workers = new Worker[numWorkers];
for (int i = 0; i < workers.length; i++) {
workers[i] = new Worker(queue);
workers[i].start();
}
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
queue.addWork(i);
}
}
}
class WorkQueue {
LinkedList<Object> queue = new LinkedList<Object>();
public synchronized void addWork(Object o) {
queue.addLast(o);
notify();
}
public synchronized Object getWork() throws InterruptedException {
while (queue.isEmpty()) {
wait();
}
return queue.removeFirst();
}
}
class Worker extends Thread {
WorkQueue q;
Worker(WorkQueue q) {
this.q = q;
}
public void run() {
try {
while (true) {
Object x = q.getWork();
if (x == null) {
break;
}
System.out.println(x);
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
}
}
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