What will be the output of the program? public class WaitTest
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
System.out.print("1 ");
synchronized(args)
{
System.out.print("2 ");
try
…

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What will be the output of the program? public class WaitTest 
{
    public static void main(String [] args) 
    {
        System.out.print("1 ");
        synchronized(args)
        {
            System.out.print("2 ");
            try 
           …

Accepted Answer

1 and 2 will be printed, but there will be no return from the wait call because no other thread will notify the main thread, so 3 will never be printed. The program is essentially frozen at line 11.

A is incorrect; Illegal…

What will be the output of the program? public class WaitTest { public static void main(String [] args) { System.out.print("1 "); synchronized(args) { System.out.print("2 "); try { args.wait(); /* Line 11 */ } catch(InterruptedException e){ } } System.out.print("3 "); } }

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