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The sleep() method in Java's Thread class allows a thread to pause for a specified duration. It has two overloaded versions that can take milliseconds and nanoseconds as parameters. The document includes an example demonstrating how to implement the sleep() method in a multi-threaded environment.

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5 Sleep Method in Java

The sleep() method in Java's Thread class allows a thread to pause for a specified duration. It has two overloaded versions that can take milliseconds and nanoseconds as parameters. The document includes an example demonstrating how to implement the sleep() method in a multi-threaded environment.

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9/23/2015 Sleep Method in Java ­ javatpoint

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Sleep method in java


The sleep() method of Thread class is used to sleep a thread for the
specified amount of time.

Syntax of sleep() method in java


The Thread class provides two methods for sleeping a thread:

public static void sleep(long miliseconds)throws


InterruptedException

public static void sleep(long miliseconds, int nanos)throws


InterruptedException

Example of sleep method in java

. class TestSleepMethod1 extends Thread{


. public void run(){
. for(int i=1;i<5;i++){
. try{Thread.sleep(500);}catch(InterruptedException e)
{System.out.println(e);}
. System.out.println(i);
. }
. }
. public static void main(String args[]){
. TestSleepMethod1 t1=new TestSleepMethod1();
. TestSleepMethod1 t2=new TestSleepMethod1();
.
. t1.start();
. t2.start();
. }
. }

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As you know well that at a time only one thread is executed. If you
sleep a thread for the specified time,the thread shedular picks up
another thread and so on.

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