Explain About Volatile in java with example
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What is Volatile variable in Java? volatile variable in Java is a special variable which is used to signal threads, a compiler that this particular variables value are going to be updated by multiple threads inside Java application. By making a variable volatile using the volatile keyword in Java, application programmer ensures that its value should always be read from main memory and thread should not use cached value of that variable from their own stack. With the introduction of Java memory model from Java 5 onwards along with introduction of CountDownLatch, CyclicBarrier, Semaphore and ConcurrentHashMap, volatile variable also guarantees "happens-before" relationship, which means not only another thread has visibility of latest value of volatile variable but also all the variable is seen by the thread which has updated value of volatile variable before these threads sees it. What is volatile variable and when to use it is always a popular Java threading question?
