Java Coding Problems

199. Thread life cycle states

The states of a Java thread are expressed via the Thread.State enumeration. The possible states of a Java thread are shown in the following diagram:

The different lifecycle states are as follows:

• The NEW state
• The RUNNABLE state
• The BLOCKED state
• The WAITING state
• The TIMED_WAITING state
• The TERMINATED state

Let's learn about all the different states in the following sections.