What is a volatile variable? volatile is a keyword in Java. You cannot use this as a variable or method name. Period. Seriously, jokes aside, what is volatile variable? When should we use it? Ha ha, sorry, couldn’t help. We typically use volatile keyword when we share variables with more than one thread in a multi-threaded environment, and we want ...
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Java Memory Architecture (Model), Garbage Collection and Memory Leaks
Java Memory Architecture (Java Memory Model) The above is the Java Memory Model for the Heap as well as the PermGen for any Java Application running in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The ratios are also provided to get a fair understanding of how the distribution of allowed memory is done across each of the generation types. All of the ...
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This article is part of our Academy Course titled Java Concurrency Essentials. In this course, you will dive into the magic of concurrency. You will be introduced to the fundamentals of concurrency and concurrent code and you will learn about concepts like atomicity, synchronization and thread safety. Check it out here! Table Of Contents 1. ...
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This article is part of our Academy Course titled Java Concurrency Essentials. In this course, you will dive into the magic of concurrency. You will be introduced to the fundamentals of concurrency and concurrent code and you will learn about concepts like atomicity, synchronization and thread safety. Check it out here! Table Of Contents 1. ...
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Read More »Concurrency Fundamentals: Deadlocks and Object Monitors
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Read More »Java Concurrency Essentials Tutorial
Course Overview Concurrency is always a challenge for developers and writing concurrent programs can be extremely hard. There is a number of things that could potentially blow up and the complexity of systems rises considerably when concurrency is introduced. However, the ability to write robust concurrent programs is a great tool in a developer’s belt and can help build sophisticated, ...
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