/**
* @param args
* @throws InterruptedException
*/
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException
{
JoinThread j1 = new JoinThread("one");
JoinThread j2 = new JoinThread("two");
j1.start();
j1.join();
j2.start();
}
}
class JoinThread extends Thread
{
private String name;
public JoinThread(String name)
{
this.name = name;
}
public void run()
{
for(int i=0;i<3;i++)
{
System.out.println(name);
}
}
}
Output:
The above program will output the message "one" 3 times followed by message "two" 3 times.
The join() method makes the main thread to wait for the running thread to die and then execute the remaining lines of code.
one
one
two
two
two