Advanced Java: Concurrency & IO

Explain the Java Memory Model (JMM) and the thread lifecycle.

Implement thread creation using Runnable, Callable, and ExecutorService, explaining the benefits of thread pools.

Solve race conditions using the 'synchronized' keyword and ReentrantLock, and explain their differences.

Solve memory visibility problems using the 'volatile' keyword.

Implement the producer-consumer pattern using BlockingQueue.

Explain the causes of deadlock and demonstrate a prevention strategy like lock ordering.

Implement asynchronous, non-blocking operations using CompletableFuture.

Explain the Java serialization mechanism, including the roles of the Serializable interface and the 'transient' keyword.