THE PACKAGE JAVA.LANG

java.lang.Thread

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In all other respects, this method does the same thing as the method

join

 of one

argument ( 20.20.29). In particular,

join(0, 0)

 means the same thing as

join(0)

.

If the current thread is interrupted ( 20.20.31) by another thread while it is

waiting, then the wait is ended and an

InterruptedException

 is thrown.

20.20.31

public void interrupt()

An interrupt request is posted for this thread. This thread does not necessarily

react immediately to the interrupt, however. If this thread is waiting, it is awak 

ened and it then throws an

InterruptedException

.

[This method is scheduled for introduction in Java version 1.1.]

20.20.32

public boolean isInterrupted()

The result is

true

 if and only if an interrupt request has been posted for this

thread.

[This method is scheduled for introduction in Java version 1.1.]

20.20.33

public static boolean interrupted()

The result is

true

 if and only if an interrupt request has been posted for the cur 

rent thread.

[This method is scheduled for introduction in Java version 1.1.]

20.20.34

public static Thread currentThread()

The

Thread

 object that represents the current thread is returned.

20.20.35

public static int activeCount()

This method returns the number of active threads in the thread group to which the

current thread belongs. This count includes threads in subgroups of that thread

group. This is the same as the value of the expression:

Threads.currentThread().getThreadGroup().activeCount()

[This method is deprecated for use in new code after Java version 1.1 becomes

available. Instead, an expression equivalent to:

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