Good example of livelock?

Question

I understand what livelock is, but I was wondering if anyone had a good code-based example of it? And by code-based, I do not mean \"two people trying to get p

Answer 1

I modify the answer of @jelbourn. When one of them notices that the other is hungry, he(her) should release the spoon and wait another notify, so a livelock happens.

public class LiveLock {
    static class Spoon {
        Diner owner;

        public String getOwnerName() {
            return owner.getName();
        }

        public void setOwner(Diner diner) {
            this.owner = diner;
        }

        public Spoon(Diner diner) {
            this.owner = diner;
        }

        public void use() {
            System.out.println(owner.getName() + " use this spoon and finish eat.");
        }
    }

    static class Diner {
        public Diner(boolean isHungry, String name) {
            this.isHungry = isHungry;
            this.name = name;
        }

        private boolean isHungry;
        private String name;


        public String getName() {
            return name;
        }

        public void eatWith(Diner spouse, Spoon sharedSpoon) {
            try {
                synchronized (sharedSpoon) {
                    while (isHungry) {
                        while (!sharedSpoon.getOwnerName().equals(name)) {
                            sharedSpoon.wait();
                            //System.out.println("sharedSpoon belongs to" + sharedSpoon.getOwnerName())
                        }
                        if (spouse.isHungry) {
                            System.out.println(spouse.getName() + "is hungry,I should give it to him(her).");
                            sharedSpoon.setOwner(spouse);
                            sharedSpoon.notifyAll();
                        } else {
                            sharedSpoon.use();
                            sharedSpoon.setOwner(spouse);
                            isHungry = false;
                        }
                        Thread.sleep(500);
                    }
                }
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                System.out.println(name + " is interrupted.");
            }
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final Diner husband = new Diner(true, "husband");
        final Diner wife = new Diner(true, "wife");
        final Spoon sharedSpoon = new Spoon(wife);

        Thread h = new Thread() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                husband.eatWith(wife, sharedSpoon);
            }
        };
        h.start();

        Thread w = new Thread() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                wife.eatWith(husband, sharedSpoon);
            }
        };
        w.start();

        try {
            Thread.sleep(10000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        h.interrupt();
        w.interrupt();

        try {
            h.join();
            w.join();
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}