How do I use join method to wait for threads to finish?

By Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

If you want a thread to work until another thread dies, you can join the thread onto the end of the another thread using the join() method. For example, you want thread B only work until thread A completes its work, then you want thread B to join thread A.

package org.kodejava.example.lang;

public class ThreadJoin implements Runnable {
    private int numberOfLoop;

    private ThreadJoin(int numberOfLoop) {
        this.numberOfLoop = numberOfLoop;
    }

    public void run() {
        System.out.println("[" +
            Thread.currentThread().getName() + "] - Running.");

        for (int i = 0; i < this.numberOfLoop; i++) {
            System.out.println("[" +
                Thread.currentThread().getName() + "] " + i);
            try {
                Thread.sleep(100);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        System.out.println("[" +
            Thread.currentThread().getName() + "] - Done.");
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread t1 = new Thread(new ThreadJoin(10), "FirstThread");
        Thread t2 = new Thread(new ThreadJoin(20), "SecondThread");

        try {
            // start t1 and waits for this thread to die before
            // starting the t2 thread.
            t1.start();
            t1.join();

            // start t2
            t2.start();
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

How do I set the priority of a thread?

By Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

Threads always run with some priority, usually represented as a number between 1 and 10 (although in some cases the range is less than 10). A thread gets a default priority that is the priority of the thread of execution that creates it.

But, you can also set a thread’s priority directly by calling the setPriority() method on a Thread instance. One thing to remember about thread priorities is never rely on thread priorities, because thread-scheduling priority behavior is not guaranteed.

package org.kodejava.example.lang;

public class ThreadPriority extends Thread {
    private String threadName;

    ThreadPriority(String threadName) {
        this.threadName = threadName;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Running [" + threadName + "]");
        for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
            System.out.println("[" + threadName + "] => " + i);

            try {
                Thread.sleep(500);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ThreadPriority thread1 = new ThreadPriority("First");
        ThreadPriority thread2 = new ThreadPriority("Second");
        ThreadPriority thread3 = new ThreadPriority("Third");
        ThreadPriority thread4 = new ThreadPriority("Fourth");
        ThreadPriority thread5 = new ThreadPriority("Fifth");

        // set thread1 to minimum priority = 1
        thread1.setPriority(Thread.MIN_PRIORITY);

        // set thread2 to priority 2
        thread2.setPriority(2);

        // set thread3 to normal priority = 5
        thread3.setPriority(Thread.NORM_PRIORITY);

        // set thread4 to priority 8
        thread4.setPriority(8);

        // set thread5 to maximum priority = 10
        thread5.setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY);

        thread1.start();
        thread2.start();
        thread3.start();
        thread4.start();
        thread5.start();
    }
}

How do I check if a thread is alive?

By Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

A thread is alive or runningn if it has been started and has not yet died. To check whether a thread is alive use the isAlive() method of Thread class. It will return true if this thread is alive, otherwise return false.

package org.kodejava.example.lang;

public class ThreadAliveDemo implements Runnable {

    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Running [" +
            Thread.currentThread().getName() + "].");
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread t1 = new Thread(new ThreadAliveDemo(), "FirstThread");
        Thread t2 = new Thread(new ThreadAliveDemo(), "SecondThread");

        // start the t1
        t1.start();

        // Check to see if the first thread is alive or not.
        if (t1.isAlive()) {
            System.out.format("%s is alive.%n", t1.getName());
        } else {
            System.out.format("%s is not alive.%n", t1.getName());
        }

        // Check to see if the second thread is alive or not.
        // It should be return false because t2 hasn't been started.
        if (t2.isAlive()) {
            System.out.format("%s is alive.%n", t2.getName());
        } else {
            System.out.format("%s is not alive.%n", t2.getName());
        }
    }
}

How do I check if a thread is a daemon thread?

By Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

You can test if a thread is a daemon thread or a user thread by calling the isDaemon() method of the Thread class. If it return true then the thread is a daemon thread, otherwise it is a user thread.

package org.kodejava.example.lang;

public class ThreadCheckDaemon implements Runnable {
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Running [" +
            Thread.currentThread().getName() + "]");
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread t1 = new Thread(new ThreadCheckDaemon(), "FirstThread");
        Thread t2 = new Thread(new ThreadCheckDaemon(), "SecondThread");

        t1.setDaemon(true);
        t1.start();
        t2.start();

        if (t1.isDaemon()) {
            System.out.format("%s is a daemon thread.%n", t1.getName());
        } else {
            System.out.format("%s is a user thread.%n", t1.getName());
        }

        if (t2.isDaemon()) {
            System.out.format("%s is a daemon thread %n", t2.getName());
        } else {
            System.out.format("%s is a user thread %n", t2.getName());
        }
    }
}

The code snippet print the following output:

Running [SecondThread]
Running [FirstThread]
FirstThread is a daemon thread.
SecondThread is a user thread

How do I create a daemon thread?

By Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

A daemon thread is simply a background thread that is subordinate to the thread that creates it, so when the thread that created the daemon thread ends, the daemon thread dies with it. A thread that is not a daemon thread is called a user thread. To create a daemon thread, call setDaemon() method with a true boolean value as argument before the thread is started.

package org.kodejava.example.lang;

public class DaemonThread implements Runnable {
    private String threadName;

    private DaemonThread(String threadName) {
        this.threadName = threadName;
    }

    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Running [" + threadName + "]");
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread t1 = new Thread(new DaemonThread("FirstThread"));
        Thread t2 = new Thread(new DaemonThread("SecondThread"));

        // t1 is as daemon thread
        t1.setDaemon(true);
        t1.start();

        // t2 is a user thread
        t2.start();
    }
}

How do I use the sleep method of the Thread class?

By Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

Here is another example that use the Thread.sleep() method. In the example we create two instances of the ThreadSleepAnotherDemo, we give each thread a name and the sleep interval so that we can see how to thread execution.

package org.kodejava.example.lang;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class ThreadSleep implements Runnable {
    private String threadName;
    private long sleep;

    public ThreadSleep(String threadName, long sleep) {
        this.threadName = threadName;
        this.sleep = sleep;
    }

    // The run() method will be invoked when the thread is started.
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Start thread [" + this.threadName + "]");
        try {
            while (true) {
                // Pause the thread for "sleep" milliseconds.
                Thread.sleep(this.sleep);
                System.out.println("[" + threadName + "]" +
                    Calendar.getInstance().getTime());
            }
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        System.out.println("Finish thread [" + this.threadName + "]");
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread thread1 = new Thread(new ThreadSleep("FirstThread", 1000));
        Thread thread2 = new Thread(new ThreadSleep("SecondThread", 3000));

        // Start the threads
        thread1.start();
        thread2.start();
    }
}

These are the sample output produced by the code snippet above:

Start thread [FirstThread]
Start thread [SecondThread]
[FirstThread]Sun Aug 13 10:42:53 WITA 2017
[FirstThread]Sun Aug 13 10:42:54 WITA 2017
[SecondThread]Sun Aug 13 10:42:55 WITA 2017
[FirstThread]Sun Aug 13 10:42:55 WITA 2017
[FirstThread]Sun Aug 13 10:42:56 WITA 2017

How do I pause the current thread?

By Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

You can pause a current thread for a number of milliseconds by using the sleep() method of the Thread class. While the current thread is sleeping, it will allow other threads to execute.

package org.kodejava.example.lang;

public class ThreadSleepDemo implements Runnable {
    // The run() method will be invoked when the thread is started.
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Start..");
        try {
            // Wait for 10 seconds
            Thread.sleep(10000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        System.out.println("Finish...");
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread thread = new Thread(new ThreadSleepDemo());
        thread.start();
    }
}

How do I start a thread execution?

By Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

To make a thread begin its execution, call the start() method on a Thread or Runnable instance. Then the Java Virtual Machine will calls the run method of this thread.

The snippet below is showing how to create a thread by implementing the Runnable interface.

package org.kodejava.example.lang;

public class ThreadRun implements Runnable {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Instantiate ThreadRun
        ThreadRun runner = new ThreadRun();

        // Create instance of Thread and passing ThreadRun object
        // as argument.
        Thread thread = new Thread(runner);

        // By passing Runnable object, it tells the
        // thread to use run() of Runnable object.
        thread.start();
    }

    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Running..");
    }
}

The snippet below is showing how to create a thread by extending the Thread class.

package org.kodejava.example.lang;

public class ThreadStart extends Thread {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ThreadStart thread = new ThreadStart();

        // Start this thread
        thread.start();
    }

    /**
     * The run() method will be invoked when the thread is started.
     */
    @Override
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Running..");
    }
}

How do I get current number of live threads?

By Wayan Saryada in Core API, Management 0 Comment 
package org.kodejava.example.management;

import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
import java.lang.management.ThreadMXBean;

public class ThreadCount {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Get the managed bean for the thread system of the Java
        // virtual machine.
        ThreadMXBean bean = ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean();

        // Get the current number of live threads including both
        // daemon and non-daemon threads.
        int threadCount = bean.getThreadCount();
        System.out.println("Thread Count = " + threadCount);
    }
}

How do I get the name of current executed method?

By Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment 
package org.kodejava.example.lang;

public class GetCurrentMethodName {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Get the current executing method name
        String methodName =
            Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[1].getMethodName();
        System.out.println("methodName = " + methodName);

        GetCurrentMethodName obj = new GetCurrentMethodName();
        obj.executeAMethod();
    }

    private void executeAMethod() {
        // Get the current executing method name
        String methodName =
            Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[1].getMethodName();
        System.out.println("methodName = " + methodName);
    }
}

This program will print out the following string:

methodName = main
methodName = executeAMethod