thread priority

[Gajendra Kangokar]

Hi,
which thread has highest priority.
Is it the Thread with higher number (8) or lower number (5).
This might be a silly question,still I am confused.

t1.setPriority(5);
t2.setPriority(8);

Thank You

[Tushar Goel]

Hi Gajendra, As per Thread source file, Maximum Priority is 10 and least is 1.

/**
* The minimum priority that a thread can have.
*/
public final static int MIN_PRIORITY = 1;

/**
* The default priority that is assigned to a thread.
*/
public final static int NORM_PRIORITY = 5;

/**
* The maximum priority that a thread can have.
*/
public final static int MAX_PRIORITY = 10;

So to answer your question, 5 is having less priority than 8