synchronized is a low-level concurrency construct that can help preventing multiple threads access the same resources. Introduction for the JVM using the Java language.
anInstance.synchronized {
// code to run when the intristic lock on `anInstance` is acquired
// other thread cannot enter co...
/* within a class, def, trait or object, but not a constructor */
synchronized {
/* code to run when an intrisctic lock on `this` is acquired */
/* no other thread can get the this lock unless execution is suspended with
* `wait` on `this`
*/
}
