Java Thread中, join() 方法主要是让调用改方法的thread完成run方法里面的东西后, 在执行join()方法后面的代码。示例:
public class ThreadTester {
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
Thread t1 = new Thread(new ThreadTesterA());
Thread t2 = new Thread(new ThreadTesterB());
t1.start();
t1.join(); // wait t1 to be finished
t2.start();
t2.join(); // in this program, this may be removed
}
}
class ThreadTesterA implements Runnable {
private int counter;
@Override
public void run() {
while (counter <= 10) {
System.out.print("Counter = " + counter + " ");
try {
Thread.sleep(10);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
counter++;
}
System.out.println();
}
}
class ThreadTesterB implements Runnable {
private int i;
@Override
public void run() {
while (i <= 10) {
System.out.print("i = " + i + " ");
try {
Thread.sleep(10);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
i++;
}
System.out.println();
}
}
输出结果:
Counter = 0 Counter = 1 Counter = 2 Counter = 3 Counter = 4 Counter = 5 Counter = 6 Counter = 7 Counter = 8 Counter = 9 Counter = 10
i = 0 i = 1 i = 2 i = 3 i = 4 i = 5 i = 6 i = 7 i = 8 i = 9 i = 10
如果将两句join()方法注释掉,输出结果为如下
Counter = 0 i = 0 Counter = 1 i = 1 Counter = 2 i = 2 Counter = 3 i = 3 Counter = 4 i = 4 Counter = 5 i = 5 i = 6 Counter = 6 Counter = 7 i = 7 Counter = 8 i = 8 i = 9 Counter = 9 Counter = 10 i = 10
如果去掉t1.join()这个语句过后, 输出的书序是乱的, 加上这个语句过后, 就会按照顺序输出, 从某种意义上说实现了同步。
二、为什么要用join()方法
主线程生成并起动了子线程,而子线程里要进行大量的耗时的运算(这里可以借鉴下线程的作用),当主线程处理完其他的事务后,需要用到子线程的处理结果,这个时候就要用到join();方法了。
三、join方法的作用
在网上看到有人说“将两个线程合并”。这样解释我觉得理解起来还更麻烦。不如就借鉴下API里的说法:
“等待该线程终止。”
解释一下,是主线程(我在“一”里已经命名过了)等待子线程的终止。也就是在子线程调用了join()方法后面的代码,只有等到子线程结束了才能执行。(Waits for this thread to die.)