Java Virtual Threads Demo

Basic example to demonstrate the working of Platform and Virtual Threads.

More details around threads can be found here

Requirements

• JDK 21
• You can use any compatible IDE or CLI to compile and execute the program

Diagram

Scenarios

• NonVirtualThreadDemo uses Platform Thread to demonstrate the blocking nature of Thread execution
• VirtualThreadDemo uses Virtual Thread to demonstrate the mounting and unmounting of Threads

Profiling for 10,000 Threads

Program is ran by setting MAX_THREADS to 10000 within the code and enabling Profile on Application Startup through JVM config.

NonVirtualThreadDemo

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VirtualThreadDemo