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The document provides an overview of threads in Java, explaining their lifecycle stages: New, Runnable, Running, Blocked/Waiting, and Terminated. It details methods for thread creation, such as extending the Thread class or implementing the Runnable interface, and outlines key thread operations like start(), run(), sleep(), and synchronization concepts. Additionally, it distinguishes between daemon threads, multi-threading, multi-tasking, and synchronized versus non-synchronized processing.

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The document provides an overview of threads in Java, explaining their lifecycle stages: New, Runnable, Running, Blocked/Waiting, and Terminated. It details methods for thread creation, such as extending the Thread class or implementing the Runnable interface, and outlines key thread operations like start(), run(), sleep(), and synchronization concepts. Additionally, it distinguishes between daemon threads, multi-threading, multi-tasking, and synchronized versus non-synchronized processing.

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THREAD

* A thread is a lightweight sub-process or unit of execution within a program.


* Every Java program has at least one thread, the main thread, which is created by
the JVM when the program starts.
* Threads can be created explicitly to perform specific tasks concurrently.

Thread Lifecycle:
* New: When a thread object is created but not started.
* Runnable: After calling the start() method, the thread is ready to run but
waiting for CPU time.
* Running: The thread is executing its task.
* Blocked/Waiting: The thread is waiting for a resource or condition to be met.
* Terminated: The thread has finished its task or exited.

Java provides two primary ways to create threads:


* By extending the Thread class.
* By implementing the Runnable interface.

* Deamon thread:-The thread which are running at backend is called as Deamon


thread.

* MULTI THREADING:- Processing multiple threads simultaneously is called as multi -


threading.

* MULTI TASKING:- It is a Process of executing multiple task simultaneously is


called as multi-tasking.

* SYNCHRONIZED : Processing one by one thread is called as Synchronized .

* Non-SYNCHRONIZED :Processing multiple threads simultaneously is called as “non –


Synchronized“.

Method Description
___________________________________________________________________________________
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start() Starts the thread and invokes the run() method.
run() Defines the code executed by the thread.
sleep(milliseconds) Pauses the thread for a specified duration.
getName() Returns the thread's name.
setName(name) Sets a name for the thread.
getId()
getPriority()
setPriority(int)

1. start()
* Starts the thread by creating a new execution path.
* Internally calls the run() method of the thread.
* You cannot call start() more than once on the same thread instance; doing so will
throw an IllegalThreadStateException.

2. run()
*Contains the code that the thread will execute.
*You can override this method in the Thread class or implement it in the Runnable
interface.
3. sleep(milliseconds)
* Pauses the current thread for a specified duration (in milliseconds).
* This is a static method of the Thread class.
* Throws InterruptedException if the thread is interrupted while sleeping.

4. getName()
* Retrieves the name of the thread.
* Every thread has a default name assigned by the JVM (e.g., Thread-0, Thread-1).

5. setName(name)
* Sets a custom name for the thread.

6. getId()
* Its ID will be generated by system

7. getPriority()
*the default priority will be five .
minimum is one and maximum is ten .

* Current thread is the static method of thread class which helps to return the
instance of currently executing thread

Wait
➢ It is non static method of object class.
➢ It is used only in the case of synchronize.
➢ It will wait still it receive notifications.

Sleep
➢ It is a static method thread class.
➢ It can be used in any code.
➢ It will pause its execution for few milliseconds.

Notify : It is the non - static method of object class which notifies the thread
which
is about access the resource.

Notify all : It is the non - static method of object class which will notify all
the
thread which is about access the resource

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