THE PACKAGE JAVA.LANG

java.lang.Thread

20.20

20.20 The Class

java.lang.Thread

A thread is a single sequential flow of control. Thread objects allow multithreaded

Java programming; a single Java Virtual Machine can execute many threads in an

interleaved or concurrent manner.

In the method descriptions that follow, it is very important to distinguish

among  the current thread  (the thread executing the method),  this

Thread

  (the

object for which the method was invoked), and  this thread  (the thread that is

represented by the

Thread

 object for which the method was invoked).

public class Thread implements Runnable {

public final static int MIN_PRIORITY = 1;

public final static int MAX_PRIORITY = 10;

public final static int NORM_PRIORITY = 5;

public Thread();

public Thread(String name);

public Thread(Runnable runObject);

public Thread(Runnable runObject, String name);

public Thread(ThreadGroup group, String name)

throws SecurityException, IllegalThreadStateException;

public Thread(ThreadGroup group, Runnable runObject)

throws SecurityException, IllegalThreadStateException;

public Thread(ThreadGroup group, Runnable runObject,

String name)

throws SecurityException, IllegalThreadStateException;

public String toString();

public void checkAccess() throws SecurityException;

public void run();

public void start()

throws IllegalThreadStateException;

public final void stop()

throws SecurityException;

public final void stop(Throwable thr)

throws SecurityException, NullPointerException;

public final void suspend()

throws SecurityException;

public final void resume()

throws SecurityException;

public final String getName();

public final void setName(String name)

throws SecurityException;

public final ThreadGroup getThreadGroup();

public final int getPriority();

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