Concurrent Programming Lab: Bounded Buffer

Introduction

A bounded buffer is a classic synchronization problem in concurrent programming. It's a fixed-size buffer that:

• Allows producers to add items
• Allows consumers to remove items
• Blocks producers when the buffer is full
• Blocks consumers when the buffer is empty

This pattern is fundamental to many real-world applications like message queues, I/O buffering, and thread pools.

Assignment

You must implement the BoundedBuffer class that provides thread-safe operations for multiple producers and consumers.

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository
2. Implement the methods in src/main/java/BoundedBuffer.java
3. Test locally: ./mvnw test
4. Run the demo: ./mvnw exec:java
5. Commit and push to trigger autograding

Building and Testing

# Run tests
./mvnw test

# Run the demo program
./mvnw exec:java

# Clean build
./mvnw clean test