The latch here ensure that both locks are held when each thread tries to lock the other:
import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
public class Locker extends Thread {
private final CountDownLatch latch;
private final Object obj1;
private final Object obj2;
Locker(Object obj1, Object obj2, CountDownLatch latch) {
this.obj1 = obj1;
this.obj2 = obj2;
this.latch = latch;
}
@Override
public void run() {
synchronized (obj1) {
latch.countDown();
try {
latch.await();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
throw new RuntimeException();
}
synchronized (obj2) {
System.out.println("Thread finished");
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
final Object obj1 = new Object();
final Object obj2 = new Object();
final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(2);
new Locker(obj1, obj2, latch).start();
new Locker(obj2, obj1, latch).start();
}
}
Interesting to run jconsole, which will correctly show you the deadlock in the Threads tab.
