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November 29, 2015 23:07
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Use of Thread Join - say current thread must wait for another thread to terminate its execution[something like Pause]
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/* | |
Output WITHOUT Join [although the mix sequence could vary but inconsistent] | |
Thread 1 arrived... | |
Thread 2 arrived... | |
Thread 1 working on 1... | |
Thread 2 working on 1... | |
Thread 1 working on 2... | |
Thread 2 working on 2... | |
Thread 2 working on 3... | |
Thread 2 working on 4... | |
Thread 2 working on 5... | |
Thread 2 finished. | |
Thread 1 working on 3... | |
Thread 1 working on 4... | |
Thread 1 working on 5... | |
Thread 1 finished. | |
*/ | |
/* | |
Output WITH Join | |
Thread 1 arrived... | |
Thread 1 working on 1... | |
Thread 1 working on 2... | |
Thread 1 working on 3... | |
Thread 1 working on 4... | |
Thread 1 working on 5... | |
Thread 1 finished. | |
Thread 2 arrived... | |
Thread 2 working on 1... | |
Thread 2 working on 2... | |
Thread 2 working on 3... | |
Thread 2 working on 4... | |
Thread 2 working on 5... | |
Thread 2 finished. | |
*/ | |
public class ThreadJoinDemo { | |
static Thread t1, t2 = null; | |
class MyRunnable implements Runnable { | |
@Override | |
public void run() { | |
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " arrived..."); | |
for (int i = 1; i < 6; i++) { | |
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " working on " + i + "..."); | |
} | |
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " finished."); | |
} | |
} | |
public static void main(String[] args) { | |
new ThreadJoinDemo().execute(); | |
} | |
void execute() { | |
t1 = new Thread(new MyRunnable(), "Thread 1"); | |
t1.start(); | |
try { | |
t1.join(); // causes the current thread to pause execution until t1's thread terminates | |
} catch (InterruptedException e) { | |
e.printStackTrace(); | |
} | |
t2 = new Thread(new MyRunnable(), "Thread 2"); | |
t2.start(); | |
} | |
} |
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