23.9 - Thread Confinement and Local Variables
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What is thread confinement?
💡 Hint: Think about how variables can be scoped.
How do you create a ThreadLocal variable?
💡 Hint: What method do you recall for initialization?
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What does thread confinement refer to?
💡 Hint: Think of how visibility impacts thread safety.
True or False: ThreadLocal variables are shared among all threads.
💡 Hint: Recall how ThreadLocal operates.
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Design a simple Java application that uses ThreadLocal to maintain user session data for each thread. Explain the benefits and disadvantages of using ThreadLocal in this context.
💡 Hint: What aspects of thread safety are you considering?
Explain how ThreadLocal variables can cause memory leaks if not managed correctly. Provide a scenario illustrating this.
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when threads are reused.
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