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Class Thread
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All Implemented Interfaces:
Runnable

public class Thread
extends Object
implements Runnable

A thread is a thread of execution in a program. The Java Virtual Machine allows

an application to have multiple threads of execution running concurrently.

Every thread has a priority. Threads with higher priority are executed in preference
to threads with lower priority. Each thread may or may not also be marked as a
daemon. When code running in some thread creates a new Thread object, the new
thread has its priority initially set equal to the priority of the creating thread, and is
a daemon thread if and only if the creating thread is a daemon.

When a Java Virtual Machine starts up, there is usually a single non-daemon thread
(which typically calls the method named main of some designated class). The Java
Virtual Machine continues to execute threads until either of the following occurs:

 The exit method of class Runtime has been called and the security manager

has permitted the exit operation to take place.
 All threads that are not daemon threads have died, either by returning from
the call to the run method or by throwing an exception that propagates
beyond the run method.

There are two ways to create a new thread of execution. One is to declare a class to
be a subclass of Thread. This subclass should override the run method of
class Thread. An instance of the subclass can then be allocated and started. For
example, a thread that computes primes larger than a stated value could be written
as follows:

class PrimeThread extends Thread {

long minPrime;
PrimeThread(long minPrime) {
[Link] = minPrime;
}

public void run() {

// compute primes larger than minPrime
 . . .
 }
}

The following code would then create a thread and start it running:
PrimeThread p = new PrimeThread(143);
[Link]();

The other way to create a thread is to declare a class that implements

the Runnable interface. That class then implements the run method. An instance of
the class can then be allocated, passed as an argument when creating Thread, and
started. The same example in this other style looks like the following:

class PrimeRun implements Runnable {

long minPrime;
PrimeRun(long minPrime) {
[Link] = minPrime;
}

public void run() {

// compute primes larger than minPrime
 . . .
}
}

The following code would then create a thread and start it running:
PrimeRun p = new PrimeRun(143);
new Thread(p).start();

Every thread has a name for identification purposes. More than one thread may
have the same name. If a name is not specified when a thread is created, a new
name is generated for it.

Since:
JDK1.0
See Also:
Runnable, [Link](int), run(), stop()

Field Summary
static int MAX_PRIORITY 
          The maximum priority that a thread can have.
static int MIN_PRIORITY 
          The minimum priority that a thread can have.
static int NORM_PRIORITY 
          The default priority that is assigned to a thread.
 
Constructor Summary
Thread() 
          Allocates a new Thread object.
Thread(Runnable target) 
          Allocates a new Thread object.
Thread(Runnable target, String name) 
          Allocates a new Thread object.
Thread(String name) 
          Allocates a new Thread object.
Thread(ThreadGroup group, Runnable target) 
          Allocates a new Thread object.
Thread(ThreadGroup group, Runnable target, String name) 
          Allocates a new Thread object so that it has target as its run object, has the
specified name as its name, and belongs to the thread group referred to by group.
Thread(ThreadGroup group, Runnable target, String name, long stackSize) 
          Allocates a new Thread object so that it has target as its run object, has the
specified name as its name, belongs to the thread group referred to by group, and has the
specified stack size.
Thread(ThreadGroup group, String name) 
          Allocates a new Thread object.
 
Method Summary
static int activeCount() 
          Returns the number of active threads in the current thread's thread
group.
 void checkAccess() 
          Determines if the currently running thread has permission to modify
this thread.
 int countStackFrames() 
          Deprecated. The definition of this call depends on  suspend(),
which is deprecated. Further, the results of this call were never well-
defined.
static Thread currentThread() 
          Returns a reference to the currently executing thread object.
 void destroy() 
           Destroys this thread, without any cleanup.
static void dumpStack() 
          Prints a stack trace of the current thread.
static int enumerate(Thread[] tarray) 
          Copies into the specified array every active thread in the current
thread's thread group and its subgroups.
 ClassLoader getContextClassLoader() 
          Returns the context ClassLoader for this Thread.
 String getName() 
          Returns this thread's name.
 int getPriority() 
          Returns this thread's priority.
 ThreadGroup getThreadGroup() 
          Returns the thread group to which this thread belongs.
static boolean holdsLock(Object obj) 
          Returns true if and only if the current thread holds the monitor
lock on the specified object.
 void interrupt() 
          Interrupts this thread.
static boolean interrupted() 
          Tests whether the current thread has been interrupted.
 boolean isAlive() 
          Tests if this thread is alive.
 boolean isDaemon() 
          Tests if this thread is a daemon thread.
 boolean isInterrupted() 
          Tests whether this thread has been interrupted.
 void join() 
          Waits for this thread to die.
 void join(long millis) 
          Waits at most millis milliseconds for this thread to die.
 void join(long millis, int nanos) 
          Waits at most millis milliseconds plus nanos nanoseconds for this
thread to die.
 void resume() 
          Deprecated. This method exists solely for use with  suspend(),
which has been deprecated because it is deadlock-prone. For more
information, see  Why are [Link], [Link] and
[Link] Deprecated?.
 void run() 
          If this thread was constructed using a separate Runnable run object,
 then that Runnable object's run method is called; otherwise, this method
does nothing and returns.
 void setContextClassLoader(ClassLoader cl) 
          Sets the context ClassLoader for this Thread.
 void setDaemon(boolean on) 
          Marks this thread as either a daemon thread or a user thread.
 void setName(String name) 
          Changes the name of this thread to be equal to the argument name.
 void setPriority(int newPriority) 
          Changes the priority of this thread.
static void sleep(long millis) 
          Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (temporarily cease
execution) for the specified number of milliseconds.
static void sleep(long millis, int nanos) 
          Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (cease execution) for
the specified number of milliseconds plus the specified number of
nanoseconds.
 void start() 
          Causes this thread to begin execution; the Java Virtual Machine
calls the run method of this thread.
 void stop() 
          Deprecated. This method is inherently unsafe. Stopping a thread
with [Link] causes it to unlock all of the monitors that it has locked
(as a natural consequence of the uncheckedThreadDeath exception
propagating up the stack). If any of the objects previously protected by
these monitors were in an inconsistent state, the damaged objects become
visible to other threads, potentially resulting in arbitrary behavior. Many
uses of  stop should be replaced by code that simply modifies some
variable to indicate that the target thread should stop running. The target
thread should check this variable regularly, and return from its run
method in an orderly fashion if the variable indicates that it is to stop
running. If the target thread waits for long periods (on a condition
variable, for example), the  interrupt method should be used to
interrupt the wait. For more information, see Why are [Link],
[Link] and [Link] Deprecated?.
 void stop(Throwable obj) 
          Deprecated. This method is inherently unsafe. See  stop() (with
no arguments) for details. An additional danger of this method is that it
may be used to generate exceptions that the target thread is unprepared
to handle (including checked exceptions that the thread could not possibly
throw, were it not for this method). For more information, see Why are
[Link], [Link] and [Link] Deprecated?.
 void suspend() 
          Deprecated. This method has been deprecated, as it is inherently
deadlock-prone. If the target thread holds a lock on the monitor
 protecting a critical system resource when it is suspended, no thread can
access this resource until the target thread is resumed. If the thread that
would resume the target thread attempts to lock this monitor prior to
calling  resume, deadlock results. Such deadlocks typically manifest
themselves as "frozen" processes. For more information, see Why are
[Link], [Link] and [Link] Deprecated?.
 String toString() 
          Returns a string representation of this thread, including the thread's
name, priority, and thread group.
static void yield() 
          Causes the currently executing thread object to temporarily pause
and allow other threads to execute.
 
Methods inherited from class [Link]
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Field Detail
MIN_PRIORITY
public static final int MIN_PRIORITY
The minimum priority that a thread can have.
See Also:
Constant Field Values

NORM_PRIORITY
public static final int NORM_PRIORITY
The default priority that is assigned to a thread.
See Also:
Constant Field Values

MAX_PRIORITY
public static final int MAX_PRIORITY
The maximum priority that a thread can have.
See Also:
Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail
Thread
public Thread()
Allocates a new Thread object. This constructor has the same effect
as Thread(null, null, gname), where gname is a newly generated name.
Automatically generated names are of the form "Thread-"+n, where n is an
integer.
See Also:
Thread([Link], [Link], [Link])

Thread
public Thread(Runnable target)
Allocates a new Thread object. This constructor has the same effect
as Thread(null, target, gname), where gname is a newly generated name.
Automatically generated names are of the form "Thread-"+n, where n is an
integer.
Parameters:
target - the object whose run method is called.
See Also:
Thread([Link], [Link], [Link])

Thread
public Thread(ThreadGroup group,
Runnable target)
Allocates a new Thread object. This constructor has the same effect
as Thread(group, target, gname), where gname is a newly generated name.
Automatically generated names are of the form "Thread-"+n, where n is an
integer.
Parameters:
group - the thread group.
target - the object whose run method is called.
Throws:
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot create a thread in the specified
thread group.
See Also:
Thread([Link], [Link], [Link])

Thread
public Thread(String name)
Allocates a new Thread object. This constructor has the same effect
as Thread(null, null, name).
Parameters:
name - the name of the new thread.
See Also:
Thread([Link], [Link], [Link])

Thread
public Thread(ThreadGroup group,
String name)
Allocates a new Thread object. This constructor has the same effect
as Thread(group, null, name)
Parameters:
group - the thread group.
name - the name of the new thread.
Throws:
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot create a thread in the specified
thread group.
See Also:
Thread([Link], [Link], [Link])

Thread
public Thread(Runnable target,
String name)
Allocates a new Thread object. This constructor has the same effect
as Thread(null, target, name).
Parameters:
target - the object whose run method is called.
name - the name of the new thread.
See Also:
Thread([Link], [Link], [Link])

Thread
public Thread(ThreadGroup group,
Runnable target,
String name)
Allocates a new Thread object so that it has target as its run object, has the
specified name as its name, and belongs to the thread group referred to
by group.

If group is null and there is a security manager, the group is determined by

the security manager's getThreadGroup method. If group is null and there is
not a security manager, or the security manager's getThreadGroup method
returns null, the group is set to be the same ThreadGroup as the thread that
is creating the new thread.
 If there is a security manager, its checkAccess method is called with the
ThreadGroup as its argument. This may result in a SecurityException.

If the target argument is not null, the run method of the target is called

when this thread is started. If the target argument is null, this
thread's run method is called when this thread is started.

The priority of the newly created thread is set equal to the priority of the
thread creating it, that is, the currently running thread. The
method setPriority may be used to change the priority to a new value.

The newly created thread is initially marked as being a daemon thread if and
only if the thread creating it is currently marked as a daemon thread. The
method setDaemon may be used to change whether or not a thread is a
daemon.

Parameters:
group - the thread group.
target - the object whose run method is called.
name - the name of the new thread.
Throws:
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot create a thread in the specified
thread group.
See Also:
[Link](), run(), setDaemon(boolean), setPriority(int), ThreadGroup
.checkAccess(), [Link]([Link])

Thread
public Thread(ThreadGroup group,
Runnable target,
String name,
long stackSize)
Allocates a new Thread object so that it has target as its run object, has the
specified name as its name, belongs to the thread group referred to by group,
and has the specified stack size.

This constructor is identical to Thread(ThreadGroup,Runnable,String) with

the exception of the fact that it allows the thread stack size to be specified.
The stack size is the approximate number of bytes of address space that the
virtual machine is to allocate for this thread's stack. The effect of
the stackSize parameter, if any, is highly platform dependent.

On some platforms, specifying a higher value for the stackSize parameter

may allow a thread to achieve greater recursion depth before throwing
 a StackOverflowError. Similarly, specifying a lower value may allow a
greater number of threads to exist concurrently without throwing an
an OutOfMemoryError (or other internal error). The details of the relationship
between the value of the stackSize parameter and the maximum recursion
depth and concurrency level are platform-dependent. On some platforms,
the value of the stackSize parameter may have no effect whatsoever.

The virtual machine is free to treat the stackSize parameter as a suggestion.

If the specified value is unreasonably low for the platform, the virtual
machine may instead use some platform-specific minimum value; if the
specified value is unreasonably high, the virtual machine may instead use
some platform-specific maximum. Likewise, the virtual machine is free to
round the specified value up or down as it sees fit (or to ignore it
completely).

Specifying a value of zero for the stackSize parameter will cause this

constructor to behave exactly like the Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable,
String) constructor.

Due to the platform-dependent nature of the behavior of this constructor,

extreme care should be exercised in its use. The thread stack size necessary
to perform a given computation will likely vary from one JRE
implementation to another. In light of this variation, careful tuning of the
stack size parameter may be required, and the tuning may need to be
repeated for each JRE implementation on which an application is to run.

Implementation note: Java platform implementers are encouraged to

document their implementation's behavior with respect to the stackSize
parameter.

Parameters:
group - the thread group.
target - the object whose run method is called.
name - the name of the new thread.
stackSize - the desired stack size for the new thread, or zero to indicate that
this parameter is to be ignored.
Throws:
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot create a thread in the specified
thread group.
Method Detail
currentThread
public static Thread currentThread()
 Returns a reference to the currently executing thread object.
Returns:
the currently executing thread.

yield
public static void yield()
Causes the currently executing thread object to temporarily pause and allow
other threads to execute.

sleep
public static void sleep(long millis)
throws InterruptedException
Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (temporarily cease execution)
for the specified number of milliseconds. The thread does not lose
ownership of any monitors.
Parameters:
millis - the length of time to sleep in milliseconds.
Throws:
InterruptedException - if another thread has interrupted the current thread.
The interrupted status of the current thread is cleared when this exception is
thrown.
See Also:
[Link]()

sleep
public static void sleep(long millis,
int nanos)
throws InterruptedException
Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (cease execution) for the
specified number of milliseconds plus the specified number of nanoseconds.
The thread does not lose ownership of any monitors.
Parameters:
millis - the length of time to sleep in milliseconds.
nanos - 0-999999 additional nanoseconds to sleep.
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the value of millis is negative or the value of
nanos is not in the range 0-999999.
InterruptedException - if another thread has interrupted the current thread.
The interrupted status of the current thread is cleared when this exception is
thrown.
See Also:
[Link]()
start
public void start()
Causes this thread to begin execution; the Java Virtual Machine calls
the run method of this thread.

The result is that two threads are running concurrently: the current thread
(which returns from the call to the start method) and the other thread
(which executes its run method).

Throws:
IllegalThreadStateException - if the thread was already started.
See Also:
run(), stop()

run
public void run()
If this thread was constructed using a separate Runnable run object, then
that Runnable object's run method is called; otherwise, this method does
nothing and returns.

Subclasses of Thread should override this method.

Specified by:
run in interface Runnable
See Also:
start(), stop(), Thread([Link], [Link],
[Link]), [Link]()

stop
public final void stop()
Deprecated. This method is inherently unsafe. Stopping a thread with
[Link] causes it to unlock all of the monitors that it has locked (as a
natural consequence of the unchecked  ThreadDeathexception propagating
up the stack). If any of the objects previously protected by these monitors
were in an inconsistent state, the damaged objects become visible to other
threads, potentially resulting in arbitrary behavior. Many uses
of  stop should be replaced by code that simply modifies some variable to
indicate that the target thread should stop running. The target thread should
check this variable regularly, and return from its run method in an orderly
fashion if the variable indicates that it is to stop running. If the target thread
 waits for long periods (on a condition variable, for example),
the  interrupt method should be used to interrupt the wait. For more
information, see Why are [Link], [Link] and [Link]
Deprecated?.
Forces the thread to stop executing.

If there is a security manager installed, its checkAccess method is called

with this as its argument. This may result in a SecurityException being
raised (in the current thread).

If this thread is different from the current thread (that is, the current thread is
trying to stop a thread other than itself), the security
manager's checkPermission method (with
aRuntimePermission("stopThread") argument) is called in addition. Again,
this may result in throwing a SecurityException (in the current thread).

The thread represented by this thread is forced to stop whatever it is doing

abnormally and to throw a newly created ThreadDeath object as an
exception.

It is permitted to stop a thread that has not yet been started. If the thread is
eventually started, it immediately terminates.

An application should not normally try to catch ThreadDeath unless it must

do some extraordinary cleanup operation (note that the throwing
of ThreadDeath causes finally clauses of try statements to be executed
before the thread officially dies). If a catch clause catches
a ThreadDeath object, it is important to rethrow the object so that the thread
actually dies.

The top-level error handler that reacts to otherwise uncaught exceptions

does not print out a message or otherwise notify the application if the
uncaught exception is an instance of ThreadDeath.

Throws:
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this thread.
See Also:
interrupt(), checkAccess(), run(), start(), ThreadDeath, [Link]
ughtException([Link],
[Link]), [Link](Thread),SecurityMana
[Link]([Link])

stop
public final void stop(Throwable obj)
 Deprecated. This method is inherently unsafe. See  stop() (with no
arguments) for details. An additional danger of this method is that it may be
used to generate exceptions that the target thread is unprepared to handle
(including checked exceptions that the thread could not possibly throw,
were it not for this method). For more information, see Why are
[Link], [Link] and [Link] Deprecated?.
Forces the thread to stop executing.

If there is a security manager installed, the checkAccess method of this

thread is called, which may result in a SecurityException being raised (in
the current thread).

If this thread is different from the current thread (that is, the current thread is
trying to stop a thread other than itself) or obj is not an instance
of ThreadDeath, the security manager's checkPermission method (with
the RuntimePermission("stopThread") argument) is called in addition.
Again, this may result in throwing a SecurityException (in the current
thread).

If the argument obj is null, a NullPointerException is thrown (in the current

thread).

The thread represented by this thread is forced to complete whatever it is

doing abnormally and to throw the Throwable object obj as an exception.
This is an unusual action to take; normally, the stop method that takes no
arguments should be used.

It is permitted to stop a thread that has not yet been started. If the thread is
eventually started, it immediately terminates.

Parameters:
obj - the Throwable object to be thrown.
Throws:
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this thread.
See Also:
interrupt(), checkAccess(), run(), start(), stop(), [Link]
Access(Thread), [Link]([Link]
on)

interrupt
public void interrupt()
Interrupts this thread.
 First the checkAccess method of this thread is invoked, which may cause
a SecurityException to be thrown.

If this thread is blocked in an invocation of the wait(), wait(long),

or wait(long, int) methods of the Object class, or of
the join(), join(long), join(long, int), sleep(long), or sleep(long, int),
methods of this class, then its interrupt status will be cleared and it will
receive an InterruptedException.

If this thread is blocked in an I/O operation upon an interruptible

channel then the channel will be closed, the thread's interrupt status will be
set, and the thread will receive a ClosedByInterruptException.

If this thread is blocked in a Selector then the thread's interrupt status will

be set and it will return immediately from the selection operation, possibly
with a non-zero value, just as if the selector's wakeup method were invoked.

If none of the previous conditions hold then this thread's interrupt status will
be set.

Throws:
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this thread

interrupted
public static boolean interrupted()
Tests whether the current thread has been interrupted. The interrupted
status of the thread is cleared by this method. In other words, if this method
were to be called twice in succession, the second call would return false
(unless the current thread were interrupted again, after the first call had
cleared its interrupted status and before the second call had examined it).
Returns:
true if the current thread has been interrupted; false otherwise.
See Also:
isInterrupted()

isInterrupted
public boolean isInterrupted()
Tests whether this thread has been interrupted. The interrupted status of the
thread is unaffected by this method.
Returns:
true if this thread has been interrupted; false otherwise.
See Also:
interrupted()
destroy
public void destroy()
Destroys this thread, without any cleanup. Any monitors it has locked
remain locked. (This method is not implemented.)

isAlive
public final boolean isAlive()
Tests if this thread is alive. A thread is alive if it has been started and has not
yet died.
Returns:
true if this thread is alive; false otherwise.

suspend
public final void suspend()
Deprecated. This method has been deprecated, as it is inherently deadlock-
prone. If the target thread holds a lock on the monitor protecting a critical
system resource when it is suspended, no thread can access this resource
until the target thread is resumed. If the thread that would resume the target
thread attempts to lock this monitor prior to calling  resume, deadlock
results. Such deadlocks typically manifest themselves as "frozen" processes.
For more information, see Why are [Link], [Link] and
[Link] Deprecated?.
Suspends this thread.

First, the checkAccess method of this thread is called with no arguments.

This may result in throwing a SecurityException (in the current thread).

If the thread is alive, it is suspended and makes no further progress unless

and until it is resumed.

Throws:
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this thread.
See Also:
checkAccess()

resume
public final void resume()
 Deprecated. This method exists solely for use with  suspend(), which has
been deprecated because it is deadlock-prone. For more information,
see Why are [Link], [Link] and [Link] Deprecated?.
Resumes a suspended thread.

First, the checkAccess method of this thread is called with no arguments.

This may result in throwing a SecurityException (in the current thread).

If the thread is alive but suspended, it is resumed and is permitted to make

progress in its execution.

Throws:
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this thread.
See Also:
checkAccess(), suspend()

setPriority
public final void setPriority(int newPriority)
Changes the priority of this thread.

First the checkAccess method of this thread is called with no arguments. This

may result in throwing a SecurityException.

Otherwise, the priority of this thread is set to the smaller of the

specified newPriority and the maximum permitted priority of the thread's
thread group.

Parameters:
newPriority - priority to set this thread to
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - If the priority is not in the
range MIN_PRIORITY to MAX_PRIORITY.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this thread.
See Also:
getPriority(), checkAccess(), getPriority(), getThreadGroup(), MAX_PRIOR
ITY, MIN_PRIORITY, [Link]()

getPriority
public final int getPriority()
Returns this thread's priority.
Returns:
this thread's priority.
 See Also:
setPriority(int), setPriority(int)

setName
public final void setName(String name)
Changes the name of this thread to be equal to the argument name.

First the checkAccess method of this thread is called with no arguments. This

may result in throwing a SecurityException.

Parameters:
name - the new name for this thread.
Throws:
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this thread.
See Also:
getName(), checkAccess(), getName()

getName
public final String getName()
Returns this thread's name.
Returns:
this thread's name.
See Also:
setName([Link]), setName([Link])

getThreadGroup
public final ThreadGroup getThreadGroup()
Returns the thread group to which this thread belongs. This method returns
null if this thread has died (been stopped).
Returns:
this thread's thread group.

activeCount
public static int activeCount()
Returns the number of active threads in the current thread's thread group.
Returns:
the number of active threads in the current thread's thread group.
enumerate
public static int enumerate(Thread[] tarray)
Copies into the specified array every active thread in the current thread's
thread group and its subgroups. This method simply calls
the enumerate method of the current thread's thread group with the array
argument.

First, if there is a security manager, that enumerate method calls the security

manager's checkAccess method with the thread group as its argument. This
may result in throwing a SecurityException.

Parameters:
tarray - an array of Thread objects to copy to
Returns:
the number of threads put into the array
Throws:
SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkAccess method
doesn't allow the operation.
See Also:
[Link]([Link][]), [Link]
([Link])

countStackFrames
public int countStackFrames()
Deprecated. The definition of this call depends on  suspend(), which is
deprecated. Further, the results of this call were never well-defined.
Counts the number of stack frames in this thread. The thread must be
suspended.
Returns:
the number of stack frames in this thread.
Throws:
IllegalThreadStateException - if this thread is not suspended.

join
public final void join(long millis)
throws InterruptedException
Waits at most millis milliseconds for this thread to die. A timeout
of 0 means to wait forever.
Parameters:
millis - the time to wait in milliseconds.
Throws:
 InterruptedException - if another thread has interrupted the current thread.
The interrupted status of the current thread is cleared when this exception is
thrown.

join
public final void join(long millis,
int nanos)
throws InterruptedException
Waits at most millis milliseconds plus nanos nanoseconds for this thread to
die.
Parameters:
millis - the time to wait in milliseconds.
nanos - 0-999999 additional nanoseconds to wait.
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the value of millis is negative the value of nanos
is not in the range 0-999999.
InterruptedException - if another thread has interrupted the current thread.
The interrupted status of the current thread is cleared when this exception is
thrown.

join
public final void join()
throws InterruptedException
Waits for this thread to die.
Throws:
InterruptedException - if another thread has interrupted the current thread.
The interrupted status of the current thread is cleared when this exception is
thrown.

dumpStack
public static void dumpStack()
Prints a stack trace of the current thread. This method is used only for
debugging.
See Also:
[Link]()

setDaemon
public final void setDaemon(boolean on)
Marks this thread as either a daemon thread or a user thread. The Java
Virtual Machine exits when the only threads running are all daemon threads.
 This method must be called before the thread is started.

This method first calls the checkAccess method of this thread with no

arguments. This may result in throwing a SecurityException (in the current
thread).

Parameters:
on - if true, marks this thread as a daemon thread.
Throws:
IllegalThreadStateException - if this thread is active.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this thread.
See Also:
isDaemon(), checkAccess()

isDaemon
public final boolean isDaemon()
Tests if this thread is a daemon thread.
Returns:
true if this thread is a daemon thread; false otherwise.
See Also:
setDaemon(boolean)

checkAccess
public final void checkAccess()
Determines if the currently running thread has permission to modify this
thread.

If there is a security manager, its checkAccess method is called with this

thread as its argument. This may result in throwing a SecurityException.

Note: This method was mistakenly non-final in JDK 1.1. It has been made
final in the Java 2 Platform.

Throws:
SecurityException - if the current thread is not allowed to access this thread.
See Also:
[Link]([Link])

toString
public String toString()
 Returns a string representation of this thread, including the thread's name,
priority, and thread group.
Overrides:
toString in class Object
Returns:
a string representation of this thread.

getContextClassLoader
public ClassLoader getContextClassLoader()
Returns the context ClassLoader for this Thread. The context ClassLoader is
provided by the creator of the thread for use by code running in this thread
when loading classes and resources. If not set, the default is the ClassLoader
context of the parent Thread. The context ClassLoader of the primordial
thread is typically set to the class loader used to load the application.

First, if there is a security manager, and the caller's class loader is not null
and the caller's class loader is not the same as or an ancestor of the context
class loader for the thread whose context class loader is being requested,
then the security manager's checkPermission method is called with
a RuntimePermission("getClassLoader") permission to see if it's ok to get
the context ClassLoader..

Returns:
the context ClassLoader for this Thread
Throws:
SecurityException - if a security manager exists and
its checkPermission method doesn't allow getting the context ClassLoader.
Since:
1.2
See Also:
setContextClassLoader([Link]), [Link]
mission([Link]), RuntimePermission

setContextClassLoader
public void setContextClassLoader(ClassLoader cl)
Sets the context ClassLoader for this Thread. The context ClassLoader can
be set when a thread is created, and allows the creator of the thread to
provide the appropriate class loader to code running in the thread when
loading classes and resources.
 First, if there is a security manager, its checkPermission method is called
with a RuntimePermission("setContextClassLoader") permission to see if
it's ok to set the context ClassLoader..

Parameters:
cl - the context ClassLoader for this Thread
Throws:
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot set the context ClassLoader.
Since:
1.2
See Also:
getContextClassLoader(), [Link]([Link]
.Permission), RuntimePermission

holdsLock
public static boolean holdsLock(Object obj)
Returns true if and only if the current thread holds the monitor lock on the
specified object.

This method is designed to allow a program to assert that the current thread
already holds a specified lock:
assert [Link](obj);

Parameters:
obj - the object on which to test lock ownership
Returns:
true if the current thread holds the monitor lock on the specified object.
Throws:
NullPointerException - if obj is null
Since:
1.4