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THREADS

Threads

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THREADS

What is Thread

• Thread is a light weight process

• Java provides built in support for multithreading programming

• A multithreaded program contains two or more parts that can run concurrently.
Each part of that program is called thread.

• Each thread define a separate path of execution.

• The thread is a dispatchable code. This means that a single program can
perform two or more program task simultaneously
Uses of threads

 Maximum utilization of processor

 Eg: if we want to add 800 elements {1,2,3,….800}

p1 p2

p3 p4
 Web Application
 Gaming
How to create thread

 Extending thread

 Implements runnable
Extending Thread

// Create a second thread by extending


Thread
// This is the entry point for the second
class NewThread extends Thread { thread.
NewThread() { public void run() {
// Create a new, second thread try {
super("Demo Thread"); for(int i = 5; i > 0; i--) {
System.out.println("Child thread: " + System.out.println("Child Thread: " + i);
this);
Thread.sleep(500);
start(); // Start the thread
}
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
System.out.println("Child interrupted.");
}System.out.println("Exiting child thread.");
}}
class ExtendThread {
public static void main(String args[]) {
new NewThread(); // create a new thread
try {
for(int i = 5; i > 0; i--) {
System.out.println("Main Thread: " + i);
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
System.out.println("Main thread interrupted.");
}
System.out.println("Main thread exiting.");
}}
Using implement the Runnable
interface
// This is the entry point for the second
class NewThread implements Runnable { thread.
Thread t; public void run() {

NewThread() { try {
for(int i = 5; i > 0; i--) {
// Create a new, second thread
System.out.println("Child Thread: " + i);
t = new Thread(this, "Demo
Thread.sleep(500);
Thread");
}
System.out.println("Child
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
thread: " + t);
System.out.println("Child interrupted.");
t.start(); // Start the thread
}
}
System.out.println("Exiting child thread.");
}}
class ThreadDemo {
public static void main(String args[]) {
new NewThread(); // create a new thread
try {
for(int i = 5; i > 0; i--) {
System.out.println("Main Thread: " + i);
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
System.out.println("Main thread
interrupted.");
}
System.out.println("Main thread exiting.");
}}
Important methods

Method Meaning
getName Obtain a thread’s name.
getPriority Obtain a thread’s priority.
isAlive Determine if a thread is still running.
join Wait for a thread to terminate.
run Entry point for the thread.
sleep Suspend a thread for a period of time.
start Start a thread by calling its run method.
Thank you

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