threadSlidesSchema.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!--  A SAMPLE set of slides  -->

<slideshow 
		title="Slides on Java Multithreading"
		date="February 1, 2005"
		author="Lixin Tao"
		xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
		xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="slideshow.xsd"
		>
		
    <!-- PROCESSING INSTRUCTION -->
    <?my.presentation.Program QUERY="exec, tech, all"?>

    <slide type="all">
      <slide-title>Overview</slide-title>
      <item>Why <em>Multithreading</em> is great</item>
      <item><em>Windows</em> and <em>Unix</em> support multithreads</item>
      <item><em>Java</em> supports multithread programming</item>
      <item>For more information, please visit 
            <link target="http://java.sun.com"><b>Java</b> Home</link> and 
            <br/> <link target="http://www.boarland.com"/>
      </item>
    </slide>

    <slide type="exec">
      <slide-title>Why Multithreading is Important?</slide-title>
      <item>CPU switching among threads is more efficient
      	<list type="ordered">
      	  <item>Process generation is slow</item>      	  
      	  <item>Process context switching is slow</item>
      	  <item>Thread is also called light process</item>
      	</list>
      </item>
      <item>Serving multiple clients concurrently</item>
      <item>More reponsive user interface</item>
    </slide>

    <slide type="tech">
      <slide-title>How does it Work</slide-title>
      <item>All threads can run concurrently</item>
      <item>CPU number &lt; thread number</item>
      <item>Thread synchronization</item>
      <item><diagram><![CDATA[Thread State Diagram:
           
                          start          [finish]
             (New thread) -------> (Run) --------> (terminated)    
                                   / | \
                         _________/  |  \_________
                        |            |            |
                   wait |        time|out         | [CPU available]
                        |            \/           |
                    (blocked)---->(Ready)--------->
                                     
      ]]></diagram></item>
    </slide>
</slideshow>