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Jul 17, 2022 · Backend Development
Understanding CAS, ABA Problem, and AQS in Java Concurrency: Fair vs Non‑Fair Locks
This article explains the fundamentals of CAS (compare‑and‑swap), the ABA problem and its version‑stamp solution, introduces AbstractQueuedSynchronizer (AQS) as the core of Java concurrency utilities, and compares fair and non‑fair lock implementations in ReentrantLock with code examples and diagrams.
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