Java Threads, Second Edition

Summary

Here are the methods we introduced in this chapter:

void wait()

Waits for a condition to occur. This is a method of the Object class and must be called from within a synchronized method or block.

void wait(long timeout)

Waits for a condition to occur. However, if the notification has not occurred in timeout milliseconds, it returns anyway. This is a method of the Object class and must be called from a synchronized block or method.

void wait(long timeout, int nanos)

Waits for a condition to occur. However, if the notification has not occurred in timeout milliseconds and nanos nanoseconds, it returns anyway. This is a method of the Object class and must be called from a synchronized block or method.

void notify()

Notifies a thread that is waiting for a condition that the condition has occurred. This is a method of the Object class and must be called from within a synchronized method or block.

void notifyAll()

Notifies all the threads waiting on the object that the condition has occurred. This is a method of the Object class and must be called from within a synchronized method or block.

void interrupt() (Java 1.1 and above only)

Sends an interruption to the specified thread. If the thread is currently blocked in a thread-related method (i.e., the sleep(), join(), or wait() methods), the thread moves to an unblocked state; otherwise, a boolean flag is simply set to indicate that the thread has been interrupted.

static boolean interrupted() (Java 1.1 and above only)

Returns a ...