How to use wait and notify in Java?

 

I have 2 matrices and I need to multiply them and then print the results of each cell. As soon as one cell is ready I need to print it, but for example I need to print the [0][0] cell before cell [2][0] even if the result of [2][0] is ready first. So I need to print it by order. So my idea is to make the printer thread wait until the multiplyThread notifies it that the correct cell is ready to be printed and then the printerThread will print the cell and go back to waiting and so on..

So I have this thread that does the multiplication: 

public void run() 
{
    int countNumOfActions = 0; // How many multiplications have we done
    int maxActions = randomize(); // Maximum number of actions allowed

    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
    {       
        result[rowNum][colNum] = result[rowNum][colNum] + row[i] * col[i];
        countNumOfActions++;
        // Reached the number of allowed actions
        if (countNumOfActions >= maxActions)
        {
            countNumOfActions = 0;
            maxActions = randomize();
            yield();
        }   
    }
    isFinished[rowNum][colNum] = true;
    notify();
}

Thread that prints the result of each cell: 

public void run()
{
    int j = 0; // Columns counter
    int i = 0; // Rows counter
    System.out.println("The result matrix of the multiplication is:");

    while (i < creator.getmThreads().length)
    {
        synchronized (this)
        {
            try 
            {
                this.wait();
            } 
            catch (InterruptedException e1) 
            {
            }
        }
        if (creator.getmThreads()[i][j].getIsFinished()[i][j] == true)
        {
            if (j < creator.getmThreads()[i].length)
            {
                System.out.print(creator.getResult()[i][j] + " ");
                j++;
            }
            else
            {
                System.out.println();
                j = 0;
                i++;
                System.out.print(creator.getResult()[i][j] + " ");
            }
        }
    }

Now it throws me these exceptions: 

Exception in thread "Thread-9" java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException
    at java.lang.Object.notify(Native Method)
    at multiplyThread.run(multiplyThread.java:49)
Exception in thread "Thread-6" Exception in thread "Thread-4" java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException
    at java.lang.Object.notify(Native Method)
    at multiplyThread.run(multiplyThread.java:49)
java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException
    at java.lang.Object.notify(Native Method)
    at multiplyThread.run(multiplyThread.java:49)
Exception in thread "Thread-5" java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException
    at java.lang.Object.notify(Native Method)
    at multiplyThread.run(multiplyThread.java:49)
Exception in thread "Thread-8" java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException
    at java.lang.Object.notify(Native Method)
    at multiplyThread.run(multiplyThread.java:49)
Exception in thread "Thread-7" java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException
    at java.lang.Object.notify(Native Method)
    at multiplyThread.run(multiplyThread.java:49)
Exception in thread "Thread-11" java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException
    at java.lang.Object.notify(Native Method)
    at multiplyThread.run(multiplyThread.java:49)
Exception in thread "Thread-10" java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException
    at java.lang.Object.notify(Native Method)
    at multiplyThread.run(multiplyThread.java:49)
Exception in thread "Thread-12" java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException
    at java.lang.Object.notify(Native Method)
    at multiplyThread.run(multiplyThread.java:49)

line 49 in multiplyThread is the "notify()"..I think I need to use the synchronized differently but I am not sure how.

If anyone can help this code to work I will really appreciate it.

为了能够调用notify（），你需要在同一个对象上进行同步。 

synchronized (someObject) {
    someObject.wait();
}

/* different thread / object */
synchronized (someObject) {
    someObject.notify();
}

While using the wait and notify or notifyAll methods in Java the following things must be remembered:

  • Use notifyAll instead of notify if you expect that more than one thread will be waiting for a lock.
  • The wait and notify methods must be called in a synchronized context. See the link for a more detailed explanation.
  • Always call the wait() method in a loop because if multiple threads are waiting for a lock and one of them got the lock and reset the condition, then the other threads need to check the condition after they wake up to see whether they need to wait again or can start processing.
  • Use the same object for calling wait() and notify() method; every object has its own lock so calling wait() on object A and notify() on object B will not make any sense.

    • Do you need to thread this at all ? I'm wondering how big your matrices are, and whether there's any benefit in having one thread print whilst the other does the multiplication.

    Perhaps it would be worth measuring this time before doing the relatively complex threading work ?

    If you do need to thread it, I would create 'n' threads to perform the multiplication of the cells (perhaps 'n' is the number of cores available to you), and then use the ExecutorService and Future mechanism to dispatch multiple multiplications simultaneously.

    That way you can optimise the work based on the number of cores, and you're using the higher level Java threading tools (which should make life easier). Write the results back into a receiving matrix, and then simply print this once all your Future tasks have completed.

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