Practice Happens-Before Relationship - 20.3 | 20. Java Memory Model and Thread Safety | Advance Programming In Java
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What does the happens-before relationship ensure?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how threads share data.

Question 2

Easy

What does a volatile variable guarantee?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember how variables can be read and written among threads.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What guarantees visibility when one thread writes to a volatile variable and another thread reads it?

  • The write is delayed
  • All writes are synchronized
  • The write happens-before the read

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how volatile variables work.

Question 2

True or False: Actions before a thread starts are not visible to the thread.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Revisit the concept of thread start.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Describe how you would use multiple threads to count to 100 and ensure that the correct final count is printed. Include the use of synchronization to ensure visibility of the count.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about thread safety with shared resources.

Question 2

Given a situation where Thread A modifies a configuration variable while Thread B reads it, illustrate how to structure the code using volatile variables to guarantee current values are seen.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on the volatile keyword's behavior.

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