Does Java have support for multicore processors/parallel processing?

Question

I know that now that most processors have two or more cores, multicore programming is all the rage. Is there functionality to utilize this in Java? I know that Java has a Th

Answer 1

Java 5 introduced the java.util.concurrent package which helps in building concurrent applications that can benefit from multicore systems. This package goes way beyond the multithreading functionality offered in Java 1.4 and earlier (like synchronized, wait, notify, etc).

There's a proposal for Java 7 to include the Fork/Join framework to make use of multicore systems easier.