Hi all, just a quick question....
is there ever a need to implement an infinite loop? in what situations would it be a good idea to use one (if any)? thanks for your time!
majestic0110 187 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
majestic0110 187 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
could an infinite loop be used to check if certain events (eg login) have occurred? along with break statements to break out of the loop?
javaAddict 900 Nearly a Senior Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
break statement inside the loop doesn't make it an infinite loop. (that's my opinion of course) Others might have better suggestions
majestic0110 187 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
ok javaAddict thanks for the reply. BTW I like your GITS avatar!
Ezzaral 2,714 Posting Sage Team Colleague Featured Poster
While not really being "infinite", while(true) { } loops are seen fairly often in concurrent processes for things like polling for tasks in a work queue. They execute in a try-catch block for InterruptedException and that provides the mechanism for shutting them down gracefully.
Phaelax 52 Practically a Posting Shark
A server awaiting incoming connections may use an infinite loop, often in another thread.
majestic0110 187 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
ok Ezzaral and Phaelax thanks for the replies that does make sense. I am just aware that often infinite loops are a product of logic errors and wondered if there was ever a need to use an infinite loop. Cheers!
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