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ConcurrentHashMap — segments/bin locking vs synchronized HashMap?

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ConcurrentHashMap

Java 8+ ConcurrentHashMap uses synchronized heads on bin collision plus CAS for empty buckets—finer than locking whole map. Reads are usually…