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How would you explain a concrete example of a resource leak in a Java interview?
Track: Java
Topic: Engineering Interviews
Focus: Code Review (Spotting Bugs)
Java: Code Review (Spotting Bugs)
Answer
Unclosed InputStreams can lead to resource leaks.
Failing to close InputStreams after use can exhaust system resources, eventually leading to application crashes. Always close streams in a finally block or use try-with-resources to handle this automatically.
Failing to close InputStreams after use can exhaust system resources, eventually leading to application crashes. Always close streams in a finally block or use try-with-resources to handle this automatically.
Topics: Code Review (Spotting Bugs) Engineering Interviews Java