一,介绍
本文记录JAVA多线程中的中断机制的一些知识点。主要是stop方法、interrupted()与isInterrupted()方法的区别,并从源代码的实现上进行简单分析。
JAVA中有3种方式可以终止正在运行的线程
①线程正常退出,即run()方法执行完毕了
②使用Thread类中的stop()方法强行终止线程。但stop()方法已经过期了,不推荐使用
③使用中断机制
线程正常退出没有什么东东,中断机制下面详细介绍,先看下stop()方法的源代码,关键是源代码上的注释。它解释了为什么stop()不安全,stop()方法停止的是哪个线程?
1 /** 2 * Forces the thread to stop executing. 3 * <p> 4 * If there is a security manager installed, its <code>checkAccess</code> 5 * method is called with <code>this</code> 6 * as its argument. This may result in a 7 * <code>SecurityException</code> being raised (in the current thread). 8 * <p> 9 * If this thread is different from the current thread (that is, the current 10 * thread is trying to stop a thread other than itself), the 11 * security manager's <code>checkPermission</code> method (with a 12 * <code>RuntimePermission("stopThread")</code> argument) is called in 13 * addition. 14 * Again, this may result in throwing a 15 * <code>SecurityException</code> (in the current thread). 16 * <p> 17 * The thread represented by this thread is forced to stop whatever 18 * it is doing abnormally and to throw a newly created 19 * <code>ThreadDeath</code> object as an exception. 20 * <p> 21 * It is permitted to stop a thread that has not yet been started. 22 * If the thread is eventually started, it immediately terminates. 23 * <p> 24 * An application should not normally try to catch 25 * <code>ThreadDeath</code> unless it must do some extraordinary 26 * cleanup operation (note that the throwing of 27 * <code>ThreadDeath</code> causes <code>finally</code> clauses of 28 * <code>try</code> statements to be executed before the thread 29 * officially dies). If a <code>catch</code> clause catches a 30 * <code>ThreadDeath</code> object, it is important to rethrow the 31 * object so that the thread actually dies. 32 * <p> 33 * The top-level error handler that reacts to otherwise uncaught 34 * exceptions does not print out a message or otherwise notify the 35 * application if the uncaught exception is an instance of 36 * <code>ThreadDeath</code>. 37 * 38 * @exception SecurityException if the current thread cannot 39 * modify this thread. 40 * @see #interrupt() 41 * @see #checkAccess() 42 * @see #run() 43 * @see #start() 44 * @see ThreadDeath 45 * @see ThreadGroup#uncaughtException(Thread,Throwable) 46 * @see SecurityManager#checkAccess(Thread) 47 * @see SecurityManager#checkPermission 48 * @deprecated This method is inherently unsafe. Stopping a thread with 49 * Thread.stop causes it to unlock all of the monitors that it 50 * has locked (as a natural consequence of the unchecked 51 * <code>ThreadDeath</code> exception propagating up the stack). If 52 * any of the objects previously protected by these monitors were in 53 * an inconsistent state, the damaged objects become visible to 54 * other threads, potentially resulting in arbitrary behavior. Many 55 * uses of <code>stop</code> should be replaced by code that simply 56 * modifies some variable to indicate that the target thread should 57 * stop running. The target thread should check this variable 58 * regularly, and return from its run method in an orderly fashion 59 * if the variable indicates that it is to stop running. If the 60 * target thread waits for long periods (on a condition variable, 61 * for example), the <code>interrupt</code> method should be used to 62 * interrupt the wait. 63 * For more information, see 64 * <a href="{@docRoot}/../technotes/guides/concurrency/threadPrimitiveDeprecation.html">Why 65 * are Thread.stop, Thread.suspend and Thread.resume Deprecated?</a>. 66 */ 67 @Deprecated 68 public final void stop() { 69 stop(new ThreadDeath()); 70 }
上面注释,第9行到第16行表明,stop()方法可以停止“其他线程”。执行thread.stop()方法这条语句的线程称为当前线程,而“其他线程”则是 调用thread.stop()方法的对象thread所代表的线程。
如:
1 public static void main(String[] args) { 2 MyThread thread = new MyThread... 3 //..... 4 thread.stop(); 5 //.... 6 }
在main方法中,当前线程就是main线程。它执行到第4行,想把“其他线程”thread“ 给停止。这个其他线程就是MyThread类 new 的thread对象所表示的线程。
第21行至23行表明,可以停止一个尚未started(启动)的线程。它的效果是:当该线程启动后,就立马结束了。
第48行以后的注释,则深刻表明了为什么stop()方法被弃用!为什么它是不安全的。
比如说,threadA线程拥有了监视器,这些监视器负责保护某些临界资源,比如说银行的转账的金额。当正在转账过程中,main线程调用 threadA.stop()方法。结果导致监视器被释放,其保护的资源(转账金额)很可能出现不一致性。比如,A账户减少了100,而B账户却没有增加100
二,中断机制
JAVA中如何正确地使用中断机制的细节太多了。interrupted()方法与 isInterrupted()方法都是反映当前线程的是否处于中断状态的。
①interrupted()
1 /** 2 * Tests whether the current thread has been interrupted. The 3 * <i>interrupted status</i> of the thread is cleared by this method. In 4 * other words, if this method were to be called twice in succession, the 5 * second call would return false (unless the current thread were 6 * interrupted again, after the first call had cleared its interrupted 7 * status and before the second call had examined it). 8 * 9 * <p>A thread interruption ignored because a thread was not alive 10 * at the time of the interrupt will be reflected by this method 11 * returning false. 12 * 13 * @return <code>true</code> if the current thread has been interrupted; 14 * <code>false</code> otherwise. 15 * @see #isInterrupted() 16 * @revised 6.0 17 */ 18 public static boolean interrupted() { 19 return currentThread().isInterrupted(true); 20 }
从源码的注释中看出,它测试的是当前线程(current thread)的中断状态,且这个方法会清除中断状态。
②isInterrupted()
1 /** 2 * Tests whether this thread has been interrupted. The <i>interrupted 3 * status</i> of the thread is unaffected by this method. 4 * 5 * <p>A thread interruption ignored because a thread was not alive 6 * at the time of the interrupt will be reflected by this method 7 * returning false. 8 * 9 * @return <code>true</code> if this thread has been interrupted; 10 * <code>false</code> otherwise. 11 * @see #interrupted() 12 * @revised 6.0 13 */ 14 public boolean isInterrupted() { 15 return isInterrupted(false); 16 }
从源码注释中可以看出,isInterrupted()方法不会清除中断状态。
③interrupted()方法与 isInterrupted()方法的区别
从源代码可以看出,这两个方法都是调用的isInterrupted(boolean ClearInterrupted),只不过一个带的参数是true,另一个带的参数是false。
1 /** 2 * Tests if some Thread has been interrupted. The interrupted state 3 * is reset or not based on the value of ClearInterrupted that is 4 * passed. 5 */ 6 private native boolean isInterrupted(boolean ClearInterrupted);
因此,第一个区别就是,一个会清除中断标识位,另一个不会清除中断标识位。
再分析源码,就可以看出第二个区别在return 语句上:
public static boolean interrupted() { return currentThread().isInterrupted(true); } /************************/ public boolean isInterrupted() { return isInterrupted(false); }
interrupted()测试的是当前的线程的中断状态。而isInterrupted()测试的是调用该方法的对象所表示的线程。一个是静态方法(它测试的是当前线程的中断状态),一个是实例方法(它测试的是实例对象所表示的线程的中断状态)。
下面用个具体的例子来更进一步地阐明这个区别。
有一个自定义的线程类如下:
1 public class MyThread extends Thread { 2 @Override 3 public void run() { 4 super.run(); 5 for (int i = 0; i < 500000; i++) { 6 System.out.println("i=" + (i + 1)); 7 } 8 } 9 }
先看interrupted()方法的示例:
1 public class Run { 2 public static void main(String[] args) { 3 try { 4 MyThread thread = new MyThread(); 5 thread.start(); 6 Thread.sleep(1000); 7 thread.interrupt(); 8 //Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); 9 System.out.println("是否停止1?="+thread.interrupted());//false 10 System.out.println("是否停止2?="+thread.interrupted());//false main线程没有被中断!!! //......
第5行启动thread线程,第6行使main线程睡眠1秒钟从而使得thread线程有机会获得CPU执行。
main线程睡眠1s钟后,恢复执行到第7行,请求中断 thread线程。
第9行测试线程是否处于中断状态,这里测试的是哪个线程呢???答案是main线程。因为:
(1)interrupted()测试的是当前的线程的中断状态
(2)main线程执行了第9行语句,故main线程是当前线程
再看isInterrupted()方法的示例:
1 public class Run3 { 2 public static void main(String[] args) { 3 try { 4 MyThread thread = new MyThread(); 5 thread.start(); 6 Thread.sleep(1000); 7 thread.interrupt(); 8 System.out.println("是否停止1?="+thread.isInterrupted());//true
在第8行,是thread对象调用的isInterrupted()方法。因此,测试的是thread对象所代表的线程的中断状态。由于在第7行,main线程请求中断 thread线程,故在第8行的结果为: true