volatile Java Keyword

The volatile is a keyword defined in the java programming language.

volatile Java Keyword

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;

}