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i would like to know what is the answer for the following code, cause in the book the answer is (Wallace-1 Gromit-1 Gromit-2 Wallace-2) but my answer is (Wallace-1 Wallace-2 Gromit-1 Gromit-2) below is the code:
 
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Originally posted by ming ming:
i would like to know what is the answer for the following code, cause in the book the answer is (Wallace-1 Gromit-1 Gromit-2 Wallace-2) but my answer is (Wallace-1 Wallace-2 Gromit-1 Gromit-2) below is the code:





Well you are correct..
answer given in the book is not correct..
 
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I believe there are other answers.
It may print out "Wallace-1 Gromit-1 Wallace-2 Gromit-2" b/c it really depends on OS.
[ August 01, 2006: Message edited by: wise owen ]
 
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usually there should be an answer like "could not be determined"..
 
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I thought I read in the Sierra and Bates SCJP5 book that very little is guaranteed with threads and that included the thread scheduler. Which means I believe that the output from the two threads in the example code can vary.
 
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Originally posted by ming ming:
i would like to know what is the answer for the following code, cause in the book the answer is (Wallace-1 Gromit-1 Gromit-2 Wallace-2) but my answer is (Wallace-1 Wallace-2 Gromit-1 Gromit-2) below is the code:



Are you damn sure about the answer that you have got? how about re-running the program once? twice? a million times? On somebody else's machine? on some other OS? With some other JVM version?

Note that the output of your program depends on the scheduling algorithm implemented by JVM - and very little is guaranteed about the result. Typically, the order of the statements printed on the console will vary depending on how the threads are scheduled by the JVM.

Please note that I am not saying that the answer given by the book is correct or something like that, I am just pointing out that the order in which the statements are printed is unpredictable.
 
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So what is right answer for question: "Which of the following is a possible result? (Choose all that apply.)"
In book given these:

A. Wallace-1 Wallace-2 Gromit-1
B. Wallace-1 Gromit-2 Wallace-2 Gromit-1
C. Wallace-1 Gromit-1 Gromit-2 Wallace-2
D. Gromit-1 Gromit-2
E. Gromit-2 Wallace-1 Gromit-1 Wallace-2
F. The code does not compile.
G. An error occurs at run time.

I think BCE should be correct.
 
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Hi,
I think only C is correct.
Since no matter which messenger, Wallace or Gormit, 1 has to come before 2.
Option A Gromit-2 is missing
Option B Gromit-2 is before Gromit-1
Option D, Wallace-1 and Wallace-2 are missing
Opriont E Gromit-2 is before Gromit-1

What do you think?
 
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I've tested with code(i believe it is 100% like in book):

public class Messager implements Runnable
{
private String name;
/** Creates a new instance of Messager */
public Messager(String name)
{
this.name=name;
}
public void run()
{
message(1);
message(2);
}
private synchronized void message(int n)
{
System.out.print(name+"-"+n+" ");
}
public static void main(String[] s)
{
new Thread(new Messager("Wallace")).start();
new Thread(new Messager("Gromit")).start();
}
}

and i've got: Wallace-1 Wallace-2 Gromit-1 Gromit-2
But i think there is theoretical chance to get BCE answers.
 
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I think the book is correct. The question doesn't ask what is the correct answer, it asks which are _possible_ correct answers. C is the only possible correct answer as the book and Eleanor said. Your output is also correct, but that answer is not listed.

See this part of the code, and the explaination in the book: p 744

public void run(){
message(1);message(2);
}

The only way to get 2 before 1 with a single name would be to reverse those numbers in the run() method

possible correct answers are:
w1 w2 g1 g2
g1 g2 w1 w2
w1 g1 w2 g2
g1 w1 g2 w2
 
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