Concurrency basics · interview question
What potential issue can ReentrantLock help solve compared to synchronized blocks?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer
B. Timeout handling
Why
ReentrantLock provides the tryLock() method with a timeout, allowing a thread to wait for a lock for a specified amount of time. This helps avoid indefinite blocking, which cannot be achieved with synchronized blocks.
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