我们先看一个例子,在这个例子中你会发现主线程结束后,过了一段时间两个子线程才结束。
定义实现Runnable接口的线程类,模拟执行一定时间后结束。
public class MyRunnable implements Runnable{
@Override
public void run() {
System.out.printf("%s: I am start working.\n", Thread.currentThread().getName());
try {
TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep((long) (Math.random() * 10 + 1));
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.printf("%s: I am end working.\n", Thread.currentThread().getName());
}
}
定义主方法,启动两个子线程:
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Thread thread1 = new Thread(new MyRunnable());
Thread thread2 = new Thread(new MyRunnable());
System.out.printf("%s: start two threads.\n", Thread.currentThread().getName());
thread1.start();
thread2.start();
System.out.printf("%s: end.\n", Thread.currentThread().getName());
}
}
查看控制台日志,你会发现主线程先于两个子线程而结束。
main: start two threads.
main: end.
Thread-1: I am start working.
Thread-0: I am start working.
Thread-1: I am end working.
Thread-0: I am end working.
当你想让主线程等待所有子线程执行结束后,再执行一段代码才结束,应该怎么做呢。Java提供了join()方法。我们重写主方法,在主方法中调用子线程的join()方法,即可让主线程进入WAITING状态并等待子线程终止后继续执行。
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Thread thread1 = new Thread(new MyRunnable());
Thread thread2 = new Thread(new MyRunnable());
System.out.printf("%s: start two threads.\n", Thread.currentThread().getName());
thread1.start();
thread2.start();
try {
thread2.join();
thread1.join();
System.out.printf("%s: child runnable both ends.\n", Thread.currentThread().getName());
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.printf("%s: end.\n", Thread.currentThread().getName());
}
}
查看控制台日志,你会发现主线程在等待两个子线程终止之后才继续执行。
main: start two threads.
Thread-0: I am start working.
Thread-1: I am start working.
Thread-0: I am end working.
Thread-1: I am end working.
main: child runnable both ends.
main: end.