CyclicBarrier(循环栅栏) 和 CountDownLatch 非常类似,它也可以实现线程间的技术等待,但是它的功能比 CountDownLatch 更加复杂和强大。主要应用场景和 CountDownLatch 类似。
CountDownLatch 的实现是基于 AQS 的,而 CycliBarrier 是基于 ReentrantLock(ReentrantLock 也属于 AQS 同步器)和 Condition 的.
CyclicBarrier 的字面意思是可循环使用(Cyclic)的屏障(Barrier)。它要做的事情是,让一组线程到达一个屏障(也可以叫同步点)时被阻塞,直到最后一个线程到达屏障时,屏障才会开门,所有被屏障拦截的线程才会继续干活。CyclicBarrier 默认的构造方法是 CyclicBarrier(int parties),其参数表示屏障拦截的线程数量,每个线程调用await方法告诉 CyclicBarrier 我已经到达了屏障,然后当前线程被阻塞。
再来看一下它的构造函数:
public CyclicBarrier(int parties) {
this(parties, null);
}
public CyclicBarrier(int parties, Runnable barrierAction) {
if (parties <= 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException();
this.parties = parties;
this.count = parties;
this.barrierCommand = barrierAction;
}
其中,parties 就代表了有拦截的线程的数量,当拦截的线程数量达到这个值的时候就打开栅栏,让所有线程通过。
CyclicBarrier 可以用于多线程计算数据,最后合并计算结果的应用场景。比如我们用一个 Excel 保存了用户所有银行流水,每个 Sheet 保存一个帐户近一年的每笔银行流水,现在需要统计用户的日均银行流水,先用多线程处理每个 sheet 里的银行流水,都执行完之后,得到每个 sheet 的日均银行流水,最后,再用 barrierAction 用这些线程的计算结果,计算出整个 Excel 的日均银行流水。
public class CyclicBarrierExample2 {
// 请求的数量
private static final int threadCount = 550;
// 需要同步的线程数量
private static final CyclicBarrier cyclicBarrier = new CyclicBarrier(5);
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
// 创建线程池
ExecutorService threadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10);
for (int i = 0; i < threadCount; i++) {
final int threadNum = i;
Thread.sleep(1000);
threadPool.execute(() -> {
try {
test(threadNum);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (BrokenBarrierException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
});
}
threadPool.shutdown();
}
public static void test(int threadnum) throws InterruptedException, BrokenBarrierException {
System.out.println("threadnum:" + threadnum + "is ready");
try {
/**等待60秒,保证子线程完全执行结束*/
cyclicBarrier.await(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("-----CyclicBarrierException------");
}
System.out.println("threadnum:" + threadnum + "is finish");
}
}
运行结果,如下:
threadnum:0is ready
threadnum:1is ready
threadnum:2is ready
threadnum:3is ready
threadnum:4is ready
threadnum:4is finish
threadnum:0is finish
threadnum:1is finish
threadnum:2is finish
threadnum:3is finish
threadnum:5is ready
threadnum:6is ready
threadnum:7is ready
threadnum:8is ready
threadnum:9is ready
threadnum:9is finish
threadnum:5is finish
threadnum:8is finish
threadnum:7is finish
threadnum:6is finish
......
可以看到当线程数量也就是请求数量达到我们定义的 5 个的时候, await方法之后的方法才被执行。
另外,CyclicBarrier 还提供一个更高级的构造函数CyclicBarrier(int parties, Runnable barrierAction),用于在线程到达屏障时,优先执行barrierAction,方便处理更复杂的业务场景。示例代码如下:
public class CyclicBarrierExample3 {
// 请求的数量
private static final int threadCount = 550;
// 需要同步的线程数量
private static final CyclicBarrier cyclicBarrier = new CyclicBarrier(5, () -> {
System.out.println("------当线程数达到之后,优先执行------");
});
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
// 创建线程池
ExecutorService threadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10);
for (int i = 0; i < threadCount; i++) {
final int threadNum = i;
Thread.sleep(1000);
threadPool.execute(() -> {
try {
test(threadNum);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (BrokenBarrierException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
});
}
threadPool.shutdown();
}
public static void test(int threadnum) throws InterruptedException, BrokenBarrierException {
System.out.println("threadnum:" + threadnum + "is ready");
cyclicBarrier.await();
System.out.println("threadnum:" + threadnum + "is finish");
}
}
运行结果,如下:
threadnum:0is ready
threadnum:1is ready
threadnum:2is ready
threadnum:3is ready
threadnum:4is ready
------当线程数达到之后,优先执行------
threadnum:4is finish
threadnum:0is finish
threadnum:2is finish
threadnum:1is finish
threadnum:3is finish
threadnum:5is ready
threadnum:6is ready
threadnum:7is ready
threadnum:8is ready
threadnum:9is ready
------当线程数达到之后,优先执行------
threadnum:9is finish
threadnum:5is finish
threadnum:6is finish
threadnum:8is finish
threadnum:7is finish
......
当调用 CyclicBarrier 对象调用 await() 方法时,实际上调用的是dowait(false, 0L)方法。await() 方法就像树立起一个栅栏的行为一样,将线程挡住了,当拦住的线程数量达到 parties 的值时,栅栏才会打开,线程才得以通过执行。
public int await() throws InterruptedException, BrokenBarrierException {
try {
return dowait(false, 0L);
} catch (TimeoutException toe) {
throw new Error(toe); // cannot happen
}
}
// 当线程数量或者请求数量达到 count 时 await 之后的方法才会被执行。上面的示例中 count 的值就为 5。
private int count;
/**
* Main barrier code, covering the various policies.
*/
private int dowait(boolean timed, long nanos)
throws InterruptedException, BrokenBarrierException,
TimeoutException {
final ReentrantLock lock = this.lock;
// 锁住
lock.lock();
try {
final Generation g = generation;
if (g.broken)
throw new BrokenBarrierException();
// 如果线程中断了,抛出异常
if (Thread.interrupted()) {
breakBarrier();
throw new InterruptedException();
}
// cout减1
int index = --count;
// 当 count 数量减为 0 之后说明最后一个线程已经到达栅栏了,也就是达到了可以执行await 方法之后的条件
if (index == 0) { // tripped
boolean ranAction = false;
try {
final Runnable command = barrierCommand;
if (command != null)
command.run();
ranAction = true;
// 将 count 重置为 parties 属性的初始化值
// 唤醒之前等待的线程
// 下一波执行开始
nextGeneration();
return 0;
} finally {
if (!ranAction)
breakBarrier();
}
}
// loop until tripped, broken, interrupted, or timed out
for (;;) {
try {
if (!timed)
trip.await();
else if (nanos > 0L)
nanos = trip.awaitNanos(nanos);
} catch (InterruptedException ie) {
if (g == generation && ! g.broken) {
breakBarrier();
throw ie;
} else {
// We're about to finish waiting even if we had not
// been interrupted, so this interrupt is deemed to
// "belong" to subsequent execution.
Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
}
}
if (g.broken)
throw new BrokenBarrierException();
if (g != generation)
return index;
if (timed && nanos <= 0L) {
breakBarrier();
throw new TimeoutException();
}
}
} finally {
lock.unlock();
}
}
总结:CyclicBarrier 内部通过一个 count 变量作为计数器,cout 的初始值为 parties 属性的初始化值,每当一个线程到了栅栏这里了,那么就将计数器减一。如果 count 值为 0 了,表示这是这一代最后一个线程到达栅栏,就尝试执行我们构造方法中输入的任务。