Implementing a concurrent LinkedHashMap

Question

I\'m trying to create a concurrent LinkedHashMap for a multithreaded architecture.

If I use Collections#synchronizedMap(), I would have to use synchroni

Answer 1

Use Collections#synchronizedMap().

As per my belief, if I use Collections.synchronizedMap(), I would have to use synchronized blocks for getter/setter.

This is not true. You only need to synchronize the iteration on any of the views (keyset, values, entryset). Also see the abovelinked API documentation.