Simplest and understandable example of volatile keyword in Java

Question

I\'m reading about volatile keyword in Java and completely understand the theory part of it.

But, what I\'m searching for is, a good case example, which sho

Answer 1

When a variable is volatile, it is guaranteeing that it will not be cached and that different threads will see the updated value. However, not marking it volatile does not guarantee the opposite. volatile was one of those things that was broken in the JVM for a long time and still not always well understood.