Table of Contents
Guide To ReentrantLock
Table of Contents1 Why Locks Exist2 The synchronized Baseline3 Introducing ReentrantLock3.1 Basic Usage3.2 Why “Reentrant”?4 ReentrantLock Key Features4.1 1. Try-Lock (Non-Blocking Acquisition)4.2 2. Try-Lock with Timeout4.3 3. Interruptible Lock Acquisition4.4 4. Fairness4.5 5. Lock Introspection5 Condition Variables5.1 Bounded Buffer (Producer-Consumer)6 ReadWriteLock and ReentrantReadWriteLock7 StampedLock (Java 8+)8 Lock Selection Guide9 Common Pitfalls9.1 Forgetting finally9.2 Mismatched Hold
Lesson 3.2: The Loop (Cycles)
Table of Contents1 The Scenario2 The Code3 Output (Randomized)4 Key Concept: Recursion Limit The most powerful feature of LangGraph is that it allows Cycles. You can draw an edge from Node B back to Node A. This creates a loop. The Scenario A “Coin Flip” game. The agent keeps flipping a coin until it gets
Lesson 3.1: The Router (Conditional Edges)
Table of Contents1 The Scenario2 The Code3 Output A standard edge (add_edge) is like a train track; the train must go there. A conditional edge (add_conditional_edges) is like a junction. The graph pauses, looks at the State, and decides which track to take. To implement this, we need a special Routing Function. This function doesn’t
Lesson 2.2 The Solution: Reducers
Table of Contents1 The Fixed Code1.1 What is the Annotated type?1.2 How LangGraph Uses It2 The Result3 Why is this Critical? (The Chatbot Use Case)4 Real-World Example: Chat State To fix the overwrite issue in lesson 1, we need to tell LangGraph: “When you receive new data for ‘topics’, do not replace the old data.
Lesson 2.1 The Problem: The "Overwrite" Bug
Table of Contents1 The Broken Code2 The Result Let’s look at what happens when two nodes try to write to the same field in the state using the method from Module 1. The Broken Code We want to collect a list of topics. Node 1 finds “AI”. Node 2 finds “Crypto”. The Result What happened