volatile Java Keyword
The volatile is a keyword defined in the java programming
language. Keywords are basically reserved words which have specific meaning
relevant to a compiler in java programming language likewise the volatile
keyword indicates the following :
-- The volatile keyword is mostly used to indicate that a member variable of
a class may get modified asynchronously by more than one thread.
-- This thing is noticable that
the volatile keyword is not implemented in many Java Virtual Machines.
-- The volatile keyword from the side of compiler tries to guarantee that all
the threads should see the same value of a specified variable.
Example to use the volatile keyword in a class:
public class Cla { volatile int sharableValue; }
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