Concurrency basics · interview question
Why do teams use CompletableFuture for asynchronous programming in production code?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer
B. It simplifies exception handling.
Why
CompletableFuture simplifies exception handling in asynchronous programming by providing methods like.exceptionally() and.handle() to deal with exceptions in a fluent manner without blocking the main thread.
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