如果以一种方式声明方法可以抛出已检查的异常(异常不是RuntimeException的子类),调用它的代码必须在try-catch块中调用它,或者调用方法必须声明抛出它.
public static void sleep(long millis) throws InterruptedException;
为什么Thread.sleep()以这种方式声明?因为如果Thread正在睡眠,线程可能被中断,例如与另一个线程Thread.interrupt(),在这种情况下,休眠线程(sleep()方法)将抛出此InterruptedException的实例.
例:
Thread t = new Thread() {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
System.out.println("Sleeping...");
Thread.sleep(10000);
System.out.println("Done sleeping, no interrupt.");
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
System.out.println("I was interrupted!");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
t.start(); // Start another thread: t
t.interrupt(); // Main thread interrupts t, so the Thread.sleep() call
// inside t's run() method will throw an InterruptedException!
输出:
Sleeping...
I was interrupted!
java.lang.InterruptedException: sleep interrupted
at java.lang.Thread.sleep(Native Method)
at Main$1.run(Main.java:13)