Exchanger.md

Exchanger

Exchanger可以在两个线程之间交换数据，只能是2个线程，他不支持更多的线程之间互换数据。

当线程A调用Exchange对象的exchange()方法后，他会陷入阻塞状态，直到线程B也调用了exchange()方法，然后以线程安全的方式交换数据，之后线程A和B继续运行

例子

源码例子：

 class FillAndEmpty {
   Exchanger<DataBuffer> exchanger = new Exchanger<>();
   DataBuffer initialEmptyBuffer = ... a made-up type
   DataBuffer initialFullBuffer = ...

   class FillingLoop implements Runnable {
     public void run() {
       DataBuffer currentBuffer = initialEmptyBuffer;
       try {
         while (currentBuffer != null) {
           addToBuffer(currentBuffer);
           if (currentBuffer.isFull())
             currentBuffer = exchanger.exchange(currentBuffer);
         }
       } catch (InterruptedException ex) { ... handle ... }
     }
   }

   class EmptyingLoop implements Runnable {
     public void run() {
       DataBuffer currentBuffer = initialFullBuffer;
       try {
         while (currentBuffer != null) {
           takeFromBuffer(currentBuffer);
           if (currentBuffer.isEmpty())
             currentBuffer = exchanger.exchange(currentBuffer);
         }
       } catch (InterruptedException ex) { ... handle ...}
     }
   }

   void start() {
     new Thread(new FillingLoop()).start();
     new Thread(new EmptyingLoop()).start();
   }
 } 

这样看来，利用Exchanger 也可以实现 生产者消费者模式