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Is "while(true)" valid?

 
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The code snippet given below is taken from Marcus Green's Mock Exam 1

It was the healthy exam

But the answer(output) for this question is 4 out of following oprions

1) It will cause a compile time error
2) Compilation and output of "waiting"
3) Compilation and output of "waiting" followed by "finished"
4) Runtime error, an exception will be thrown

My answer is 1 as code below contains "while(true)".

Please guide am I right or wrong?


<code>
public class Agg{public static void main(String argv[]){
Agg a = new Agg();
a.go();
}

public void go(){
DSRoss ds1 = new DSRoss("one");
ds1.start();
}
}

class DSRoss extends Thread{
private String sTname="";
DSRoss(String s){
sTname = s;
}
public void run(){
notwait();
System.out.println("finished");
}
public void notwait(){
while(true){
try{
System.out.println("waiting");
wait();
}catch(InterruptedException ie){}
System.out.println(sTname);
notifyAll();
}
}
}
</code>
 
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while (true) is valid syntax because true is a special boolean constant.

The reason for the runtime error is that you are calling the wait() method, but it's not called inside a synchronized block or method.
 
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Originally posted by Keith Lynn:
[QB]while (true) is valid syntax because true is a special boolean constant.QB]



No issue there. But why is this not defined as a compile-time error?
The compiler should have no difficulty in seeing that the wait() is
called incorrectly!? Or is that being to pessimistic?
 
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What about if that wait() is called in a method called by a method called by...
The compiler ain't going to catch that.
 
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You are right. That is a possible scenario.
The compiler would be able to catch this if it was within the same
source file, but otherwise would fail. Better to have the same
behavour in both cases instead of mixing the two!
 
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since wait(0 is inside nosynchronized notwait method and while loop it causes compiler error
 
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