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October 16, 2007

Java diagnostics, IBM style, Part 3: Diagnosing synchronization and locking problems with the Lock Analyzer for Java

October 16th 2007 Posted to Java
The IBM Lock Analyzer for Java, available from alphaWorks, provides real-time lock monitoring on a running Java application. It highlights threads suffering from lock contention that could be hurting application performance. Developers can use this information to modify their applications to reduce lock contention and thus improve performance. This article introduces the IBM Lock Analyzer for Java, explains the architecture on which it is built, and provides some thoughts about the tool's future direction.

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