Will the Guru

Unlike Guarded Suspension pattern that waits until guard condition meets, Balking pattern returns from executing without waiting.

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Balking Pattern Example

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Guarded Time Example – wait(n)

Balking after waiting for some specific amount of time is called as guarded timed or timeout.

In Java, as there is no way to distinguish a thread whether it is awaken by timeout, we need an additional code to implement that.

• When it times out, the thread will perform while loop again and throws TimeoutException