二、为什么要用join()方法
在很多情况下,主线程生成并起动了子线程,如果子线程里要进行大量的耗时的运算,主线程往往将于子线程之前结束,但是如果主线程处理完其他的事务后,需要用到子线程的处理结果,也就是主线程需要等待子线程执行完成之后再结束,这个时候就要用到join()方法了。
class BThread extends Thread {
public BThread() {
super("[BThread] Thread");
};
public void run() {
String threadName = Thread.currentThread().getName();
System.out.println(threadName + " start.");
try {
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
System.out.println(threadName + " loop at " + i);
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
System.out.println(threadName + " end.");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Exception from " + threadName + ".run");
}
}
}
class AThread extends Thread {
BThread bt;
public AThread(BThread bt) {
super("[AThread] Thread");
this.bt = bt;
}
public void run() {
String threadName = Thread.currentThread().getName();
System.out.println(threadName + " start.");
try {
bt.join();
System.out.println(threadName + " end.");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Exception from " + threadName + ".run");
}
}
}
public class TestDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String threadName = Thread.currentThread().getName();
System.out.println(threadName + " start.");
BThread bt = new BThread();
AThread at = new AThread(bt);
try {
bt.start();
Thread.sleep(2000);
at.start();
at.join();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Exception from main");
}
System.out.println(threadName + " end!");
}
}
打印结果:
main start. //主线程起动,因为调用了at.join(),要等到at结束了,此线程才能向下执行。
[BThread] Thread start.
[BThread] Thread loop at 0
[BThread] Thread loop at 1
[AThread] Thread start. //线程at启动,因为调用bt.join(),等到bt结束了才向下执行。
[BThread] Thread loop at 2
[BThread] Thread loop at 3
[BThread] Thread loop at 4
[BThread] Thread end.
[AThread] Thread end. // 线程AThread在bt.join();阻塞处起动,向下继续执行的结果
main end! //线程AThread结束,此线程在at.join();阻塞处起动,向下继续执行的结果。
修改一下代码:
public class TestDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String threadName = Thread.currentThread().getName();
System.out.println(threadName + " start.");
BThread bt = new BThread();
AThread at = new AThread(bt);
try {
bt.start();
Thread.sleep(2000);
at.start();
//at.join(); //在此处注释掉对join()的调用
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Exception from main");
}
System.out.println(threadName + " end!");
}
}
打印结果:
main start. // 主线程起动,因为Thread.sleep(2000),主线程没有马上结束;
[BThread] Thread start. //线程BThread起动
[BThread] Thread loop at 0
[BThread] Thread loop at 1
main end! // 在sleep两秒后主线程结束,AThread执行的bt.join();并不会影响到主线程。
[AThread] Thread start. //线程at起动,因为调用了bt.join(),等到bt结束了,此线程才向下执行。
[BThread] Thread loop at 2
[BThread] Thread loop at 3
[BThread] Thread loop at 4
[BThread] Thread end. //线程BThread结束了
[AThread] Thread end. // 线程AThread在bt.join();阻塞处起动,向下继续执行的结果