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Concurrency in Java: Best Practices for Multithreading and Parallel Processing

Ramesh Fadatare
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4 min readFeb 14, 2025

Concurrency in Java is a powerful feature that enables applications to execute multiple tasks simultaneously, improving performance and responsiveness. However, writing concurrent code can be challenging, leading to issues such as race conditions, deadlocks, and performance bottlenecks.

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In this article, we will explore best practices for multithreading and parallel processing in Java to ensure efficient, safe, and scalable concurrent applications.

1️⃣Use Modern Java Concurrency APIs (Avoid Thread and synchronized)

Why?

Traditional threading mechanisms like Thread and synchronized are error-prone and not scalable. Modern Java concurrency utilities provide better performance and safety.

Best Practices

✔ Use Executors (ExecutorService) instead of manually creating threads.
✔ Use Lock-free concurrent data structures (ConcurrentHashMap, CopyOnWriteArrayList).
✔ Use CompletableFuture for asynchronous programming.

Example: Using ExecutorService Instead of Thread

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