The major advantage in using these classes is that they offload threading and data synchronization issues. Developers should design their programs at as high a level as possible and not have to worry about low-level threading issues. The possibility of deadlock, lock and CPU starvation, and other very complex issues is mitigated somewhat. Using these libraries, however, does not remove the responsibility for these problems from the developer.
Scott Oaks is a Java Technologist at Sun Microsystems, where he has worked since 1987. While at Sun, he has specialized in many disparate technologies, from the SunOS kernel to network programming and RPCs.
