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java.lang.Objectjava.lang.Thread
public class Thread
A thread is a thread of execution in a program. The Java Virtual Machine allows an application to have multiple threads of execution running concurrently.
 Every thread has a priority. Threads with higher priority are 
 executed in preference to threads with lower priority. Each thread 
 may or may not also be marked as a daemon. When code running in 
 some thread creates a new Thread object, the new 
 thread has its priority initially set equal to the priority of the 
 creating thread, and is a daemon thread if and only if the 
 creating thread is a daemon. 
 
 When a Java Virtual Machine starts up, there is usually a single 
 non-daemon thread (which typically calls the method named 
 main of some designated class). The Java Virtual 
 Machine continues to execute threads until either of the following 
 occurs: 
 
exit method of class Runtime has been 
     called and the security manager has permitted the exit operation 
     to take place. 
 run method or by 
     throwing an exception that propagates beyond the run
     method.
 
 There are two ways to create a new thread of execution. One is to 
 declare a class to be a subclass of Thread. This 
 subclass should override the run method of class 
 Thread. An instance of the subclass can then be 
 allocated and started. For example, a thread that computes primes 
 larger than a stated value could be written as follows: 
 
     class PrimeThread extends Thread {
         long minPrime;
         PrimeThread(long minPrime) {
             this.minPrime = minPrime;
         }
 
         public void run() {
             // compute primes larger than minPrime
              . . .
         }
     }
 The following code would then create a thread and start it running:
     PrimeThread p = new PrimeThread(143);
     p.start();
 
 The other way to create a thread is to declare a class that 
 implements the Runnable interface. That class then 
 implements the run method. An instance of the class can 
 then be allocated, passed as an argument when creating 
 Thread, and started. The same example in this other 
 style looks like the following: 
 
     class PrimeRun implements Runnable {
         long minPrime;
         PrimeRun(long minPrime) {
             this.minPrime = minPrime;
         }
 
         public void run() {
             // compute primes larger than minPrime
              . . .
         }
     }
 The following code would then create a thread and start it running:
     PrimeRun p = new PrimeRun(143);
     new Thread(p).start();
 Every thread has a name for identification purposes. More than one thread may have the same name. If a name is not specified when a thread is created, a new name is generated for it.
Runnable, 
Runtime.exit(int), 
run(), 
stop()| Nested Class Summary | |
|---|---|
| static class | Thread.StateA thread state. | 
| static interface | Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandlerInterface for handlers invoked when a Thread abruptly terminates due to an uncaught exception. | 
| Field Summary | |
|---|---|
| static int | MAX_PRIORITYThe maximum priority that a thread can have. | 
| static int | MIN_PRIORITYThe minimum priority that a thread can have. | 
| static int | NORM_PRIORITYThe default priority that is assigned to a thread. | 
| Constructor Summary | |
|---|---|
| Thread()Allocates a new Threadobject. | |
| Thread(Runnable target)Allocates a new Threadobject. | |
| Thread(Runnable target,
       String name)Allocates a new Threadobject. | |
| Thread(String name)Allocates a new Threadobject. | |
| Thread(ThreadGroup group,
       Runnable target)Allocates a new Threadobject. | |
| Thread(ThreadGroup group,
       Runnable target,
       String name)Allocates a new Threadobject so that it hastargetas its run object, has the specifiednameas its name, and belongs to the thread group 
 referred to bygroup. | |
| Thread(ThreadGroup group,
       Runnable target,
       String name,
       long stackSize)Allocates a new Threadobject so that it hastargetas its run object, has the specifiednameas its name, belongs to the thread group referred to
 bygroup, and has the specified stack size. | |
| Thread(ThreadGroup group,
       String name)Allocates a new Threadobject. | |
| Method Summary | |
|---|---|
| static int | activeCount()Returns the number of active threads in the current thread's thread group. | 
|  void | checkAccess()Determines if the currently running thread has permission to modify this thread. | 
|  int | countStackFrames()Deprecated. The definition of this call depends on suspend(),
                   which is deprecated.  Further, the results of this call
                   were never well-defined. | 
| static Thread | currentThread()Returns a reference to the currently executing thread object. | 
|  void | destroy()Deprecated. This method was originally designed to destroy this thread without any cleanup. Any monitors it held would have remained locked. However, the method was never implemented. If if were to be implemented, it would be deadlock-prone in much the manner of suspend(). If the target thread held
     a lock protecting a critical system resource when it was
     destroyed, no thread could ever access this resource again.
     If another thread ever attempted to lock this resource, deadlock
     would result. Such deadlocks typically manifest themselves as
     "frozen" processes. For more information, see
     
     Why are Thread.stop, Thread.suspend and Thread.resume Deprecated?. | 
| static void | dumpStack()Prints a stack trace of the current thread to the standard error stream. | 
| static int | enumerate(Thread[] tarray)Copies into the specified array every active thread in the current thread's thread group and its subgroups. | 
| static Map<Thread,StackTraceElement[]> | getAllStackTraces()Returns a map of stack traces for all live threads. | 
|  ClassLoader | getContextClassLoader()Returns the context ClassLoader for this Thread. | 
| static Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler | getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler()Returns the default handler invoked when a thread abruptly terminates due to an uncaught exception. | 
|  long | getId()Returns the identifier of this Thread. | 
|  String | getName()Returns this thread's name. | 
|  int | getPriority()Returns this thread's priority. | 
|  StackTraceElement[] | getStackTrace()Returns an array of stack trace elements representing the stack dump of this thread. | 
|  Thread.State | getState()Returns the state of this thread. | 
|  ThreadGroup | getThreadGroup()Returns the thread group to which this thread belongs. | 
|  Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler | getUncaughtExceptionHandler()Returns the handler invoked when this thread abruptly terminates due to an uncaught exception. | 
| static boolean | holdsLock(Object obj)Returns true if and only if the current thread holds the monitor lock on the specified object. | 
|  void | interrupt()Interrupts this thread. | 
| static boolean | interrupted()Tests whether the current thread has been interrupted. | 
|  boolean | isAlive()Tests if this thread is alive. | 
|  boolean | isDaemon()Tests if this thread is a daemon thread. | 
|  boolean | isInterrupted()Tests whether this thread has been interrupted. | 
|  void | join()Waits for this thread to die. | 
|  void | join(long millis)Waits at most millismilliseconds for this thread to 
 die. | 
|  void | join(long millis,
     int nanos)Waits at most millismilliseconds plusnanosnanoseconds for this thread to die. | 
|  void | resume()Deprecated. This method exists solely for use with suspend(),
     which has been deprecated because it is deadlock-prone.
     For more information, see 
     Why 
     are Thread.stop, Thread.suspend and Thread.resume Deprecated?. | 
|  void | run()If this thread was constructed using a separate Runnablerun object, then thatRunnableobject'srunmethod is called; 
 otherwise, this method does nothing and returns. | 
|  void | setContextClassLoader(ClassLoader cl)Sets the context ClassLoader for this Thread. | 
|  void | setDaemon(boolean on)Marks this thread as either a daemon thread or a user thread. | 
| static void | setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler eh)Set the default handler invoked when a thread abruptly terminates due to an uncaught exception, and no other handler has been defined for that thread. | 
|  void | setName(String name)Changes the name of this thread to be equal to the argument name. | 
|  void | setPriority(int newPriority)Changes the priority of this thread. | 
|  void | setUncaughtExceptionHandler(Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler eh)Set the handler invoked when this thread abruptly terminates due to an uncaught exception. | 
| static void | sleep(long millis)Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (temporarily cease execution) for the specified number of milliseconds, subject to the precision and accuracy of system timers and schedulers. | 
| static void | sleep(long millis,
      int nanos)Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (cease execution) for the specified number of milliseconds plus the specified number of nanoseconds, subject to the precision and accuracy of system timers and schedulers. | 
|  void | start()Causes this thread to begin execution; the Java Virtual Machine calls the runmethod of this thread. | 
|  void | stop()Deprecated. This method is inherently unsafe. Stopping a thread with Thread.stop causes it to unlock all of the monitors that it has locked (as a natural consequence of the unchecked ThreadDeathexception propagating up the stack).  If
       any of the objects previously protected by these monitors were in
       an inconsistent state, the damaged objects become visible to
       other threads, potentially resulting in arbitrary behavior.  Many
       uses ofstopshould be replaced by code that simply
       modifies some variable to indicate that the target thread should
       stop running.  The target thread should check this variable  
       regularly, and return from its run method in an orderly fashion
       if the variable indicates that it is to stop running.  If the
       target thread waits for long periods (on a condition variable,
       for example), theinterruptmethod should be used to
       interrupt the wait. 
       For more information, see 
       Why 
       are Thread.stop, Thread.suspend and Thread.resume Deprecated?. | 
|  void | stop(Throwable obj)Deprecated. This method is inherently unsafe. See stop()for details.  An additional danger of this
        method is that it may be used to generate exceptions that the
        target thread is unprepared to handle (including checked
        exceptions that the thread could not possibly throw, were it
        not for this method).
        For more information, see 
        Why 
        are Thread.stop, Thread.suspend and Thread.resume Deprecated?. | 
|  void | suspend()Deprecated. This method has been deprecated, as it is inherently deadlock-prone. If the target thread holds a lock on the monitor protecting a critical system resource when it is suspended, no thread can access this resource until the target thread is resumed. If the thread that would resume the target thread attempts to lock this monitor prior to calling resume, deadlock results.  Such
   deadlocks typically manifest themselves as "frozen" processes.
   For more information, see 
   Why 
   are Thread.stop, Thread.suspend and Thread.resume Deprecated?. | 
|  String | toString()Returns a string representation of this thread, including the thread's name, priority, and thread group. | 
| static void | yield()Causes the currently executing thread object to temporarily pause and allow other threads to execute. | 
| Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object | 
|---|
| clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait | 
| Field Detail | 
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public static final int MIN_PRIORITY
public static final int NORM_PRIORITY
public static final int MAX_PRIORITY
| Constructor Detail | 
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public Thread()
Thread object. This constructor has 
 the same effect as Thread(null, null,
 gname), where gname is 
 a newly generated name. Automatically generated names are of the 
 form "Thread-"+n, where n is an integer.
Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable, String)public Thread(Runnable target)
Thread object. This constructor has 
 the same effect as Thread(null, target,
 gname), where gname is 
 a newly generated name. Automatically generated names are of the 
 form "Thread-"+n, where n is an integer.
target - the object whose run method is called.Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable, String)
public Thread(ThreadGroup group,
              Runnable target)
Thread object. This constructor has 
 the same effect as Thread(group, target,
 gname), where gname is 
 a newly generated name. Automatically generated names are of the 
 form "Thread-"+n, where n is an integer.
group - the thread group.target - the object whose run method is called.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot create a
             thread in the specified thread group.Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable, String)public Thread(String name)
Thread object. This constructor has 
 the same effect as Thread(null, null, name).
name - the name of the new thread.Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable, String)
public Thread(ThreadGroup group,
              String name)
Thread object. This constructor has 
 the same effect as Thread(group, null, name)
group - the thread group.name - the name of the new thread.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot create a
               thread in the specified thread group.Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable, String)
public Thread(Runnable target,
              String name)
Thread object. This constructor has 
 the same effect as Thread(null, target, name).
target - the object whose run method is called.name - the name of the new thread.Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable, String)
public Thread(ThreadGroup group,
              Runnable target,
              String name)
Thread object so that it has 
 target as its run object, has the specified 
 name as its name, and belongs to the thread group 
 referred to by group.
 
 If group is null and there is a 
 security manager, the group is determined by the security manager's 
 getThreadGroup method. If group is 
 null and there is not a security manager, or the
 security manager's getThreadGroup method returns 
 null, the group is set to be the same ThreadGroup 
 as the thread that is creating the new thread.
 
 
If there is a security manager, its checkAccess 
 method is called with the ThreadGroup as its argument.
 
In addition, its checkPermission
 method is called with the
 RuntimePermission("enableContextClassLoaderOverride")
 permission when invoked directly or indirectly by the constructor
 of a subclass which overrides the getContextClassLoader
 or setContextClassLoader methods.
 This may result in a SecurityException.
 
 If the target argument is not null, the 
 run method of the target is called when 
 this thread is started. If the target argument is 
 null, this thread's run method is called 
 when this thread is started. 
 
 The priority of the newly created thread is set equal to the 
 priority of the thread creating it, that is, the currently running 
 thread. The method setPriority may be used to 
 change the priority to a new value. 
 
 The newly created thread is initially marked as being a daemon 
 thread if and only if the thread creating it is currently marked 
 as a daemon thread. The method setDaemon  may be used 
 to change whether or not a thread is a daemon.
group - the thread group.target - the object whose run method is called.name - the name of the new thread.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot create a
               thread in the specified thread group or cannot
               override the context class loader methods.Runnable.run(), 
run(), 
setDaemon(boolean), 
setPriority(int), 
ThreadGroup.checkAccess(), 
SecurityManager.checkAccess(java.lang.Thread)
public Thread(ThreadGroup group,
              Runnable target,
              String name,
              long stackSize)
Thread object so that it has
 target as its run object, has the specified
 name as its name, belongs to the thread group referred to
 by group, and has the specified stack size.
 This constructor is identical to Thread(ThreadGroup,Runnable,String) with the exception of the fact
 that it allows the thread stack size to be specified.  The stack size
 is the approximate number of bytes of address space that the virtual
 machine is to allocate for this thread's stack.  The effect of the
 stackSize parameter, if any, is highly platform dependent.
 
On some platforms, specifying a higher value for the
 stackSize parameter may allow a thread to achieve greater
 recursion depth before throwing a StackOverflowError.
 Similarly, specifying a lower value may allow a greater number of
 threads to exist concurrently without throwing an OutOfMemoryError (or other internal error).  The details of
 the relationship between the value of the stackSize parameter
 and the maximum recursion depth and concurrency level are
 platform-dependent.  On some platforms, the value of the
 stackSize parameter may have no effect whatsoever.
 
 
The virtual machine is free to treat the stackSize parameter as a suggestion. If the specified value is unreasonably low for the platform, the virtual machine may instead use some platform-specific minimum value; if the specified value is unreasonably high, the virtual machine may instead use some platform-specific maximum. Likewise, the virtual machine is free to round the specified value up or down as it sees fit (or to ignore it completely).
Specifying a value of zero for the stackSize parameter will cause this constructor to behave exactly like the Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable, String) constructor.
Due to the platform-dependent nature of the behavior of this constructor, extreme care should be exercised in its use. The thread stack size necessary to perform a given computation will likely vary from one JRE implementation to another. In light of this variation, careful tuning of the stack size parameter may be required, and the tuning may need to be repeated for each JRE implementation on which an application is to run.
Implementation note: Java platform implementers are encouraged to document their implementation's behavior with respect to the stackSize parameter.
group - the thread group.target - the object whose run method is called.name - the name of the new thread.stackSize - the desired stack size for the new thread, or
             zero to indicate that this parameter is to be ignored.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot create a
               thread in the specified thread group.| Method Detail | 
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public static Thread currentThread()
public static void yield()
public static void sleep(long millis)
                  throws InterruptedException
millis - the length of time to sleep in milliseconds.
InterruptedException - if any thread has interrupted
             the current thread.  The interrupted status of the
             current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown.Object.notify()
public static void sleep(long millis,
                         int nanos)
                  throws InterruptedException
millis - the length of time to sleep in milliseconds.nanos - 0-999999 additional nanoseconds to sleep.
IllegalArgumentException - if the value of millis is 
             negative or the value of nanos is not in the range 
             0-999999.
InterruptedException - if any thread has interrupted
             the current thread.  The interrupted status of the
             current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown.Object.notify()public void start()
run method of this thread. 
 
 The result is that two threads are running concurrently: the 
 current thread (which returns from the call to the 
 start method) and the other thread (which executes its 
 run method). 
 
It is never legal to start a thread more than once. In particular, a thread may not be restarted once it has completed execution.
IllegalThreadStateException - if the thread was already
               started.run(), 
stop()public void run()
Runnable run object, then that 
 Runnable object's run method is called; 
 otherwise, this method does nothing and returns. 
 
 Subclasses of Thread should override this method.
run in interface Runnablestart(), 
stop(), 
Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable, String)@Deprecated public final void stop()
ThreadDeath exception propagating up the stack).  If
       any of the objects previously protected by these monitors were in
       an inconsistent state, the damaged objects become visible to
       other threads, potentially resulting in arbitrary behavior.  Many
       uses of stop should be replaced by code that simply
       modifies some variable to indicate that the target thread should
       stop running.  The target thread should check this variable  
       regularly, and return from its run method in an orderly fashion
       if the variable indicates that it is to stop running.  If the
       target thread waits for long periods (on a condition variable,
       for example), the interrupt method should be used to
       interrupt the wait. 
       For more information, see 
       Why 
       are Thread.stop, Thread.suspend and Thread.resume Deprecated?.
 If there is a security manager installed, its checkAccess
 method is called with this 
 as its argument. This may result in a 
 SecurityException being raised (in the current thread). 
 
 If this thread is different from the current thread (that is, the current
 thread is trying to stop a thread other than itself), the
 security manager's checkPermission method (with a
 RuntimePermission("stopThread") argument) is called in
 addition.
 Again, this may result in throwing a 
 SecurityException (in the current thread). 
 
 The thread represented by this thread is forced to stop whatever 
 it is doing abnormally and to throw a newly created 
 ThreadDeath object as an exception. 
 
It is permitted to stop a thread that has not yet been started. If the thread is eventually started, it immediately terminates.
 An application should not normally try to catch 
 ThreadDeath unless it must do some extraordinary 
 cleanup operation (note that the throwing of 
 ThreadDeath causes finally clauses of 
 try statements to be executed before the thread 
 officially dies).  If a catch clause catches a 
 ThreadDeath object, it is important to rethrow the 
 object so that the thread actually dies. 
 
 The top-level error handler that reacts to otherwise uncaught 
 exceptions does not print out a message or otherwise notify the 
 application if the uncaught exception is an instance of 
 ThreadDeath.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot 
               modify this thread.interrupt(), 
checkAccess(), 
run(), 
start(), 
ThreadDeath, 
ThreadGroup.uncaughtException(Thread,Throwable), 
SecurityManager.checkAccess(Thread), 
SecurityManager.checkPermission(java.security.Permission)@Deprecated public final void stop(Throwable obj)
stop()
        for details.  An additional danger of this
        method is that it may be used to generate exceptions that the
        target thread is unprepared to handle (including checked
        exceptions that the thread could not possibly throw, were it
        not for this method).
        For more information, see 
        Why 
        are Thread.stop, Thread.suspend and Thread.resume Deprecated?.
 If there is a security manager installed, the checkAccess
 method of this thread is called, which may result in a 
 SecurityException being raised (in the current thread). 
 
 If this thread is different from the current thread (that is, the current
 thread is trying to stop a thread other than itself) or
 obj is not an instance of ThreadDeath, the
 security manager's checkPermission method (with the
 RuntimePermission("stopThread") argument) is called in
 addition.
 Again, this may result in throwing a 
 SecurityException (in the current thread). 
 
 If the argument obj is null, a 
 NullPointerException is thrown (in the current thread). 
 
 The thread represented by this thread is forced to stop 
 whatever it is doing abnormally and to throw the 
 Throwable object obj as an exception. This 
 is an unusual action to take; normally, the stop method 
 that takes no arguments should be used. 
 
It is permitted to stop a thread that has not yet been started. If the thread is eventually started, it immediately terminates.
obj - the Throwable object to be thrown.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify
               this thread.
NullPointerException - if obj is null.interrupt(), 
checkAccess(), 
run(), 
start(), 
stop(), 
SecurityManager.checkAccess(Thread), 
SecurityManager.checkPermission(java.security.Permission)public void interrupt()
 Unless the current thread is interrupting itself, which is
 always permitted, the checkAccess method
 of this thread is invoked, which may cause a SecurityException to be thrown.
 
 If this thread is blocked in an invocation of the wait(), wait(long), or wait(long, int) methods of the Object
 class, or of the join(), join(long), join(long, int), sleep(long), or sleep(long, int),
 methods of this class, then its interrupt status will be cleared and it
 will receive an InterruptedException.
 
 If this thread is blocked in an I/O operation upon an interruptible
 channel then the channel will be closed, the thread's interrupt
 status will be set, and the thread will receive a ClosedByInterruptException.
 
 If this thread is blocked in a Selector
 then the thread's interrupt status will be set and it will return
 immediately from the selection operation, possibly with a non-zero
 value, just as if the selector's wakeup method were invoked.
 
If none of the previous conditions hold then this thread's interrupt status will be set.
Interrupting a thread that is not alive need not have any effect.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this threadpublic static boolean interrupted()
A thread interruption ignored because a thread was not alive at the time of the interrupt will be reflected by this method returning false.
true if the current thread has been interrupted;
          false otherwise.isInterrupted()public boolean isInterrupted()
A thread interruption ignored because a thread was not alive at the time of the interrupt will be reflected by this method returning false.
true if this thread has been interrupted;
          false otherwise.interrupted()@Deprecated public void destroy()
suspend(). If the target thread held
     a lock protecting a critical system resource when it was
     destroyed, no thread could ever access this resource again.
     If another thread ever attempted to lock this resource, deadlock
     would result. Such deadlocks typically manifest themselves as
     "frozen" processes. For more information, see
     
     Why are Thread.stop, Thread.suspend and Thread.resume Deprecated?.
NoSuchMethodError.
NoSuchMethodError - alwayspublic final boolean isAlive()
true if this thread is alive;
          false otherwise.@Deprecated public final void suspend()
resume, deadlock results.  Such
   deadlocks typically manifest themselves as "frozen" processes.
   For more information, see 
   Why 
   are Thread.stop, Thread.suspend and Thread.resume Deprecated?.
 First, the checkAccess method of this thread is called 
 with no arguments. This may result in throwing a 
 SecurityException (in the current thread). 
 
If the thread is alive, it is suspended and makes no further progress unless and until it is resumed.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify
               this thread.checkAccess()@Deprecated public final void resume()
suspend(),
     which has been deprecated because it is deadlock-prone.
     For more information, see 
     Why 
     are Thread.stop, Thread.suspend and Thread.resume Deprecated?.
 First, the checkAccess method of this thread is called 
 with no arguments. This may result in throwing a 
 SecurityException (in the current thread). 
 
If the thread is alive but suspended, it is resumed and is permitted to make progress in its execution.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this
               thread.checkAccess(), 
suspend()public final void setPriority(int newPriority)
 First the checkAccess method of this thread is called 
 with no arguments. This may result in throwing a 
 SecurityException. 
 
 Otherwise, the priority of this thread is set to the smaller of 
 the specified newPriority and the maximum permitted 
 priority of the thread's thread group.
newPriority - priority to set this thread to
IllegalArgumentException - If the priority is not in the
               range MIN_PRIORITY to
               MAX_PRIORITY.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify
               this thread.getPriority(), 
checkAccess(), 
getThreadGroup(), 
MAX_PRIORITY, 
MIN_PRIORITY, 
ThreadGroup.getMaxPriority()public final int getPriority()
setPriority(int)public final void setName(String name)
name. 
 
 First the checkAccess method of this thread is called 
 with no arguments. This may result in throwing a 
 SecurityException.
name - the new name for this thread.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this
               thread.getName(), 
checkAccess()public final String getName()
setName(String)public final ThreadGroup getThreadGroup()
public static int activeCount()
public static int enumerate(Thread[] tarray)
enumerate method of the current thread's thread 
 group with the array argument. 
 
 First, if there is a security manager, that enumerate
 method calls the security
 manager's checkAccess method 
 with the thread group as its argument. This may result 
 in throwing a SecurityException.
tarray - an array of Thread objects to copy to
SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its  
             checkAccess method doesn't allow the operation.ThreadGroup.enumerate(Thread[]), 
SecurityManager.checkAccess(ThreadGroup)@Deprecated public int countStackFrames()
suspend(),
                   which is deprecated.  Further, the results of this call
                   were never well-defined.
IllegalThreadStateException - if this thread is not
             suspended.
public final void join(long millis)
                throws InterruptedException
millis milliseconds for this thread to 
 die. A timeout of 0 means to wait forever.
millis - the time to wait in milliseconds.
InterruptedException - if any thread has interrupted
             the current thread.  The interrupted status of the
             current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown.
public final void join(long millis,
                       int nanos)
                throws InterruptedException
millis milliseconds plus 
 nanos nanoseconds for this thread to die.
millis - the time to wait in milliseconds.nanos - 0-999999 additional nanoseconds to wait.
IllegalArgumentException - if the value of millis is negative
               the value of nanos is not in the range 0-999999.
InterruptedException - if any thread has interrupted
             the current thread.  The interrupted status of the
             current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown.
public final void join()
                throws InterruptedException
InterruptedException - if any thread has interrupted
             the current thread.  The interrupted status of the
             current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown.public static void dumpStack()
Throwable.printStackTrace()public final void setDaemon(boolean on)
This method must be called before the thread is started.
 This method first calls the checkAccess method 
 of this thread 
 with no arguments. This may result in throwing a 
 SecurityException (in the current thread).
on - if true, marks this thread as a
                  daemon thread.
IllegalThreadStateException - if this thread is active.
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify
               this thread.isDaemon(), 
checkAccess()public final boolean isDaemon()
true if this thread is a daemon thread;
          false otherwise.setDaemon(boolean)public final void checkAccess()
 If there is a security manager, its checkAccess method 
 is called with this thread as its argument. This may result in 
 throwing a SecurityException.
SecurityException - if the current thread is not allowed to
               access this thread.SecurityManager.checkAccess(Thread)public String toString()
toString in class Objectpublic ClassLoader getContextClassLoader()
First, if there is a security manager, and the caller's class
 loader is not null and the caller's class loader is not the same as or
 an ancestor of the context class loader for the thread whose
 context class loader is being requested, then the security manager's
 checkPermission 
 method is called with a 
 RuntimePermission("getClassLoader") permission
  to see if it's ok to get the context ClassLoader..
SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its 
        checkPermission method doesn't allow 
        getting the context ClassLoader.setContextClassLoader(java.lang.ClassLoader), 
SecurityManager.checkPermission(java.security.Permission), 
RuntimePermissionpublic void setContextClassLoader(ClassLoader cl)
First, if there is a security manager, its checkPermission 
 method is called with a 
 RuntimePermission("setContextClassLoader") permission
  to see if it's ok to set the context ClassLoader..
cl - the context ClassLoader for this Thread
SecurityException - if the current thread cannot set the 
 context ClassLoader.getContextClassLoader(), 
SecurityManager.checkPermission(java.security.Permission), 
RuntimePermissionpublic static boolean holdsLock(Object obj)
This method is designed to allow a program to assert that the current thread already holds a specified lock:
     assert Thread.holdsLock(obj);
 
obj - the object on which to test lock ownership
NullPointerException - if obj is nullpublic StackTraceElement[] getStackTrace()
If there is a security manager, and this thread is not the current thread, then the security manager's checkPermission method is called with a RuntimePermission("getStackTrace") permission to see if it's ok to get the stack trace.
Some virtual machines may, under some circumstances, omit one or more stack frames from the stack trace. In the extreme case, a virtual machine that has no stack trace information concerning this thread is permitted to return a zero-length array from this method.
SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its 
        checkPermission method doesn't allow 
        getting the stack trace of thread.SecurityManager.checkPermission(java.security.Permission), 
RuntimePermission, 
Throwable.getStackTrace()public static Map<Thread,StackTraceElement[]> getAllStackTraces()
getStackTrace method.
 The threads may be executing while this method is called. The stack trace of each thread only represents a snapshot and each stack trace may be obtained at different time. A zero-length array will be returned in the map value if the virtual machine has no stack trace information about a thread.
If there is a security manager, then the security manager's checkPermission method is called with a RuntimePermission("getStackTrace") permission as well as RuntimePermission("modifyThreadGroup") permission to see if it is ok to get the stack trace of all threads.
SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its 
        checkPermission method doesn't allow 
        getting the stack trace of thread.getStackTrace(), 
SecurityManager.checkPermission(java.security.Permission), 
RuntimePermission, 
Throwable.getStackTrace()public long getId()
public Thread.State getState()
public static void setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler eh)
Uncaught exception handling is controlled first by the thread, then
 by the thread's ThreadGroup object and finally by the default
 uncaught exception handler. If the thread does not have an explicit
 uncaught exception handler set, and the thread's thread group
 (including parent thread groups)  does not specialize its 
 uncaughtException method, then the default handler's
 uncaughtException method will be invoked.
 
By setting the default uncaught exception handler, an application can change the way in which uncaught exceptions are handled (such as logging to a specific device, or file) for those threads that would already accept whatever "default" behavior the system provided.
Note that the default uncaught exception handler should not usually defer to the thread's ThreadGroup object, as that could cause infinite recursion.
eh - the object to use as the default uncaught exception handler.
 If null then there is no default handler.
SecurityException - if a security manager is present and it
         denies RuntimePermission
         ("setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler")setUncaughtExceptionHandler(java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler), 
getUncaughtExceptionHandler(), 
ThreadGroup.uncaughtException(java.lang.Thread, java.lang.Throwable)public static Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler()
setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler)public Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler getUncaughtExceptionHandler()
public void setUncaughtExceptionHandler(Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler eh)
A thread can take full control of how it responds to uncaught exceptions by having its uncaught exception handler explicitly set. If no such handler is set then the thread's ThreadGroup object acts as its handler.
eh - the object to use as this thread's uncaught exception
 handler. If null then this thread has no explicit handler.
SecurityException - if the current thread is not allowed to
          modify this thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler), 
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