How does the synchronize functionality work in java?

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Since I've started programming in Java I have been wondering this (about a year or two). In C, we must know the different method to correctly avoid deadlock between thread and thus there is much more choice between synchronization method.

So what about Java? When we synchronize, how does it avoid putting thread in deadlock situation? How does it work internally? Does the deadlock are avoided because we synchronized on higher level than in C ( or C++)? Any documentation about deadlock and synchronization in java?

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