Difference between CountDownLatch and CyclicBarrier in java

In this post, we will see difference between CountDownLatch and CyclicBarrier in java.
Lets first see similarities among them. Both wait for specific number of threads or tasks to finish.

Lets see differences between CountDownLatch and CyclicBarrier.

CountDownLatch vs CyclicBarrier

Parameter	CountDownLatch	CyclicBarrier
Reuse	It can not be reused once count reaches 0	It can be reinitialized once parties reaches to 0, so it can reused
Method	It calls countDown() method to reduce the counter	It calls await() method to reduce the counter.
Common Event	It can not trigger common event when count reaches 0	It can trigger common event (Runnable) once reaches to a barrier point. Constructor :CyclicBarrier(int parties, Runnable barrierAction)
Constructor	CountDownLatch(int count)	CyclicBarrier(int parties)

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