Threads: Runnable & sleep()

• Runnable: interface whose implementing class instance is run by a thread
• sleep(): causes currently executing thread to sleep
• InterruptedException: used to catch exceptions which may arise when interrupting a running thread
• currentThread(): returns a reference to the currently running thread
• Naming threads: Thread name passed as a parameter to the thread constructor (otherwise default name)
• Examples:
  • class ThreadTest2 implements Runnable{
  • SimpleThread t1= new SimpleThread("Thread 1")
  • Thread.currentThread().sleep(1000)
  • catch (InterruptedException e)