This package provides standardized, efficient versions of utility classes commonly encountered in concurrent Java programming. It mainly consists of implementations of a few interfaces. [Open Source, Public Domain]

Guidelines for structure, documentation and naming.

Excellent Java threads tutorial book from The Java Series by Doug Lea (Addison-Wesley). Covers programming with Java threads in detail, shows the reader how to think about concurrent programming. Cookbook of design patterns for concurrent programming ...

Seminal paper on the demise of "absolute" encapsulation and transparency as an ideal.

Author of Concurrent Programming in Java: Design Principles And Patterns. A collection of resources to Java, Object Oriented Programming and Design Patterns. Also, Lea's Java concurrency library is available here, as Public Domain.

Article by Doug Lea about the design of his well-known "Lea" memory allocator.

Not being a FAQ in the usual sense the article contains very brief summaries of topics that have been discussed on the patterns-discussion list, in question and answer format.