复习Java之 Thread.join()

使用方式

启动线程后直接调用

  Thread t = new AThread();
  t.start();
  t.join();

join()方法/用处

使主线程阻塞，等到该子线程执行完之后继续执行。
一般在主线程后续需要使用子线程执行结果时使用。

源码

    /**
     * Waits for this thread to die.
     *
     * 
 An invocation of this method behaves in exactly the same
     * way as the invocation
     *
     * 

     * {@linkplain #join(long) join}{@code (0)}
     * 
     *
     * @throws  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 {
        join(0);
    }


    /**
     * Waits at most {@code millis} milliseconds for this thread to
     * die. A timeout of {@code 0} means to wait forever.
     *
     * 
 This implementation uses a loop of {@code this.wait} calls
     * conditioned on {@code this.isAlive}. As a thread terminates the
     * {@code this.notifyAll} method is invoked. It is recommended that
     * applications not use {@code wait}, {@code notify}, or
     * {@code notifyAll} on {@code Thread} instances.
     *
     * @param  millis
     *         the time to wait in milliseconds
     *
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
     *          if the value of {@code millis} is negative
     *
     * @throws  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 synchronized void join(long millis)
    throws InterruptedException {
        long base = System.currentTimeMillis();
        long now = 0;

        if (millis < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("timeout value is negative");
        }

        if (millis == 0) {
            while (isAlive()) {
                wait(0);
            }
        } else {
            while (isAlive()) {
                long delay = millis - now;
                if (delay <= 0) {
                    break;
                }
                wait(delay);
                now = System.currentTimeMillis() - base;
            }
        }
    }