What is the difference between linearizability and serializability?

Question

What is the difference between linearizability and serializability (in the context of Java)? Can you please explain the difference between these with an example or provide a goo

Answer 1

See @andersoj's answer for a clear description of the difference between serializability and linearizability.

This is only indirectly relevant to Java concurrent programming. In general, a concurrent Java program does not need to have either a serializable or linearizable history. In the cases that do, serializability is generally sufficient for a program (Java or otherwise) for "correctness", though particular problems could require the stronger linearizability property. But either way, it is the problem that determines the correctness requirements, not Java.