Thread Synchronization in Java

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Race conditions occur when multiple, asynchronously executing threads access the same object (called a shared resource) returning unexpected (wrong) results. Threads often need to share a common resource, for example a file, with one thread reading from the file while another thread writes to the file. They can be avoided by synchronizing the threads which access the shared resource.
An Unsynchronized Example:  more...