Java Thread Programming

Chapter 10. Thread Groups

IN THIS CHAPTER

• What Are Thread Groups?

• Using getParent()

• Finding the Subgroups of a Thread Group

• Using the getThreadGroup() Method of Thread

• Finding All the Threads in a Thread Group

• Understanding Thread Group Security

• Using setMaxPriority() and getMaxPriority()

• Using interrupt()

• Deprecated Methods: stop(), suspend(), and resume()

• Class ThreadViewer

In Java, threads can be grouped together and associated with an instance of ThreadGroup. In this chapter, I'll show you how to use some of the methods of ThreadGroup. At the end of the chapter, I'll show you how to use the class ThreadViewer to visually display the status of all the threads running in the Java VM.

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