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MultiTask70
MultiTask70

Reputation: 61

Executing main class while thread sleeps - java

Can someone help me understand how threads function in java.

I have a main class:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Runnable r = new TestThread();
    new Thread(r).start();
    executor.execute(r);
    System.out.println("Hey the thread has ended")
}

and a thread class:

public class TestThread implements Runnable {
    public class TestThread() {
        sleep(20000);
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    }

}

How can I get the phrase:"Hey the thread has ended" without having to wait while the thread sleeps?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 70

Answers (2)

OldCurmudgeon
OldCurmudgeon

Reputation: 65821

Here it is in what is arguably it's most simple form.

public class TestThread implements Runnable {

    @Override
    public void run() {
        try {
            Thread.sleep(20000);
        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
        }

    }

}

public void test() throws InterruptedException {
    Runnable r = new TestThread();
    Thread t = new Thread(r);
    t.start();
    // No it hasn't!
    //System.out.println("Hey the thread has ended");
    t.join();
    // It has now!
    System.out.println("Hey the thread has ended");
}

Upvotes: 0

ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ
ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ

Reputation: 48278

You can do: call the start method of the thread class, and in the Run implementation make the thread sleep...

notice that your app is going to terminate before the Thread returns from the sleep and continues

The Runnable class

    public class TestThread implements Runnable {

    @Override
    public void run() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        try {
            Thread.sleep(20000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void setParameter(String string) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }
}

The implementation

 public static void main(String[] args) {
    TestThread r = new TestThread();
    r.setParameter("myParameterHere");
    Thread t = new Thread(r);
    t.setName("asdas");
    t.start();
    System.out.println("Hey the thread has ended");
}

Upvotes: 1

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