threads.....

[Ajit B]

hi all.......
if i call the join() method in the run() method of ne thread like the one in following code :

public void run()
{
join(1000);// will halt the execution of this thread for 1 sec

join();// will stop this thread permanantly
}
ok, so i think if v call join() in run() method of ne thread it act same as sleep(long mills) ( or sleep(long infinite) as in the 2nd case ).
is my this understanding is correct?
plz correct me if i m wrong.
thx in advance
.........Ajit

[Roopa Bagur]

Nope... Join() method waits for a thread to die where as sleep just halts the thread temporarily..
Here is the definition from the API docs:
SLEEP -> Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (temporarily cease execution) for the specified number of milliseconds. The thread does not lose ownership of any monitors.
JOIN -> Waits for this thread to die.

Originally posted by Ajit B:
hi all.......
if i call the join() method in the run() method of ne thread like the one in following code :

public void run()
{
join(1000);// will halt the execution of this thread for 1 sec

join();// will stop this thread permanantly
}
ok, so i think if v call join() in run() method of ne thread it act same as sleep(long mills) ( or sleep(long infinite) as in the 2nd case ).
is my this understanding is correct?
plz correct me if i m wrong.
thx in advance
.........Ajit

[Ajit B]

hi Roopa.....
thx for replying but i think u dint get my question?

JOIN -> Waits for this thread to die.

(its just join() not t1.join().)
i want to ask what happens when u call join on the currentThread?
in the above code i m calling join () on the currentThread. so the thread which called join() waits for the calling thread (same thread which called join() )to finish.

i think if v call join() in run() method of ne thread it acts same as sleep(long mills) ( or sleep(long infinite) as in the 2nd case ).

so isn't it that join() behaves as sleep() when called inside run()???
waiting for reply,
Ajit