Java多线程那些事(一)

/**
 * A <i>thread</i> is a thread of execution in a program. The Java 
 * Virtual Machine allows an application to have multiple threads of 
 * execution running concurrently. 
 * <p>
 * Every thread has a priority. Threads with higher priority are 
 * executed in preference to threads with lower priority. Each thread 
 * may or may not also be marked as a daemon. When code running in 
 * some thread creates a new <code>Thread</code> object, the new 
 * thread has its priority initially set equal to the priority of the 
 * creating thread, and is a daemon thread if and only if the 
 * creating thread is a daemon. 
 * <p>
 * When a Java Virtual Machine starts up, there is usually a single 
 * non-daemon thread (which typically calls the method named 
 * <code>main</code> of some designated class). The Java Virtual 
 * Machine continues to execute threads until either of the following 
 * occurs: 
 * <ul>
 * <li>The <code>exit</code> method of class <code>Runtime</code> has been 
 *     called and the security manager has permitted the exit operation 
 *     to take place. 
 * <li>All threads that are not daemon threads have died, either by 
 *     returning from the call to the <code>run</code> method or by 
 *     throwing an exception that propagates beyond the <code>run</code>
 *     method.
 * </ul>
 * <p>
 * There are two ways to create a new thread of execution. One is to 
 * declare a class to be a subclass of <code>Thread</code>. This 
 * subclass should override the <code>run</code> method of class 
 * <code>Thread</code>. An instance of the subclass can then be 
 * allocated and started. For example, a thread that computes primes 
 * larger than a stated value could be written as follows: 
 * <p><hr><blockquote><pre>
 *     class PrimeThread extends Thread {
 *         long minPrime;
 *         PrimeThread(long minPrime) {
 *             this.minPrime = minPrime;
 *         }
 * 
 *         public void run() {
 *             // compute primes larger than minPrime
 *              . . .
 *         }
 *     }
 * </pre></blockquote><hr>
 * <p>
 * The following code would then create a thread and start it running: 
 * <p><blockquote><pre>
 *     PrimeThread p = new PrimeThread(143);
 *     p.start();
 * </pre></blockquote>
 * <p>
 * The other way to create a thread is to declare a class that 
 * implements the <code>Runnable</code> interface. That class then 
 * implements the <code>run</code> method. An instance of the class can 
 * then be allocated, passed as an argument when creating 
 * <code>Thread</code>, and started. The same example in this other 
 * style looks like the following: 
 * <p><hr><blockquote><pre>
 *     class PrimeRun implements Runnable {
 *         long minPrime;
 *         PrimeRun(long minPrime) {
 *             this.minPrime = minPrime;
 *         }
 * 
 *         public void run() {
 *             // compute primes larger than minPrime
 *              . . .
 *         }
 *     }
 * </pre></blockquote><hr>
 * <p>
 * The following code would then create a thread and start it running: 
 * <p><blockquote><pre>
 *     PrimeRun p = new PrimeRun(143);
 *     new Thread(p).start();
 * </pre></blockquote>
 * <p>
 * Every thread has a name for identification purposes. More than 
 * one thread may have the same name. If a name is not specified when 
 * a thread is created, a new name is generated for it. 
 *
 * @author  unascribed
 * @version %I%, %G%
 * @see     Runnable
 * @see     Runtime#exit(int)
 * @see     #run()
 * @see     #stop()
 * @since   JDK1.0
 */

首先看一下Thread源代码的开头注释，我想有了这个注释，我们就对线程有了一个大题的了解，剩下的就是注意其中的一些重点的，该注意的地方，以及使用多线程的一些技巧了。

第一：一个应用程序可以再同一时间执行多条线程。例如我们的main方法开始执行了，他是一条线程，执行过程中又开始执行了一个线程，现在就同时执行两条线程。

有时候我们分不清线程和进程。先说说线程和进程的区别吧

简而言之,一个程序至少有一个进程,一个进程至少有一个线程.
线程的划分尺度小于进程，使得多线程程序的并发性高。
另外，进程在执行过程中拥有独立的内存单元，而多个线程共享内存，从而极大地提高了程序的运行效率。
线程在执行过程中与进程还是有区别的。每个独立的线程有一个程序运行的入口、顺序执行序列和程序的出口。但是线程不能够独立执行，必须依存在应用程序中，由应用程序提供多个线程执行控制。
从逻辑角度来看，多线程的意义在于一个应用程序中，有多个执行部分可以同时执行。但操作系统并没有将多个线程看做多个独立的应用，来实现进程的调度和管理以及资源分配。这就是进程和线程的重要区别。

进程是具有一定独立功能的程序关于某个数据集合上的一次运行活动,进程是系统进行资源分配和调度的一个独立单位.
线程是进程的一个实体,是CPU调度和分派的基本单位,它是比进程更小的能独立运行的基本单位.线程自己基本上不拥有系统资源,只拥有一点在运行中必不可少的资源(如程序计数器,一组寄存器和栈),但是它可与同属一个进程的其他的线程共享进程所拥有的全部资源.
一个线程可以创建和撤销另一个线程;同一个进程中的多个线程之间可以并发执行.

 

第二：线程是分优先级的，优先级高的线程当然比优先级低的线程更容易执行。当一个线程中又创建了一个新的线程，儿子线程和父亲线程的优先级一样高(线程也拼爹);

第三：创建线程的方式有两种，第一种是继承Thread类，第二种是实现Runable方法。