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/**
 * The Java 7 and Java 8 utility classes commonly used in concurrent programming.
 * 
 * Memory Consistency Properties
 *
 * 
 * Chapter 17 of
 * The Java™ Language Specification defines the
 * happens-before relation on memory operations such as reads and
 * writes of shared variables.  The results of a write by one thread are
 * guaranteed to be visible to a read by another thread only if the write
 * operation happens-before the read operation.  The
 * {@code synchronized} and {@code volatile} constructs, as well as the
 * {@code Thread.start()} and {@code Thread.join()} methods, can form
 * happens-before relationships.  In particular:
 *
 * 
 *   Each action in a thread happens-before every action in that
 *   thread that comes later in the program's order.
 *
 *   
An unlock ({@code synchronized} block or method exit) of a
 *   monitor happens-before every subsequent lock ({@code synchronized}
 *   block or method entry) of that same monitor.  And because
 *   the happens-before relation is transitive, all actions
 *   of a thread prior to unlocking happen-before all actions
 *   subsequent to any thread locking that monitor.
 *
 *   
A write to a {@code volatile} field happens-before every
 *   subsequent read of that same field.  Writes and reads of
 *   {@code volatile} fields have similar memory consistency effects
 *   as entering and exiting monitors, but do not entail
 *   mutual exclusion locking.
 *
 *   
A call to {@code start} on a thread happens-before any
 *   action in the started thread.
 *
 *   
All actions in a thread happen-before any other thread
 *   successfully returns from a {@code join} on that thread.
 *
 * 
 * 
 * @since 1.8
 */
package java8.util.concurrent;