In this paper, we investigate an antipattern-based approach to analyze Java multithreaded (MT) programs. We present a library of 38 antipatterns, which describe predefined recognized sources of multithreading related errors in the code. The antipatterns are archived in practical, easy to use templates, and are classified according to their potential effects on the program behavior. We also report on our experience in using these antipatterns in the analysis of real multithreaded applications. 1.

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Abstract. For delivering high quality software products, it is important to test them in environments very close to the typical customer ones, where unexpected events may perturb the normal running of the application. Running tests in a realistic environment starting from the early development phases helps in reducing costs in terms of fixing. Moreover, in a distributed application, the importance of testing each single component increases when Agile methodologies are adopted because it can happen that a component is developed when its pre-requisites are not available. Often the customer environments are very complex and replicating them in a laboratory is difficult if at all possible. The aim of this paper is to describe the integration in the Eclipse IDE of a test tool useful for simulating the operating conditions of typical customer environments. This allows to seamlessly run complex tests directly from the Eclipse IDE without switching to a different environment.