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The document discusses threads, which are the smallest unit of execution in a process. It defines threads, their life cycle stages (new, runnable, running, wait/block, dead/terminated), and properties. There are two ways to create threads in Java - by inheriting the Thread class or implementing the Runnable interface. The Thread class extends Object and implements Runnable. When inheriting the Thread class, a class extends Thread and can override the run() method to provide the thread's implementation.

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Intro To Threads PDF

The document discusses threads, which are the smallest unit of execution in a process. It defines threads, their life cycle stages (new, runnable, running, wait/block, dead/terminated), and properties. There are two ways to create threads in Java - by inheriting the Thread class or implementing the Runnable interface. The Thread class extends Object and implements Runnable. When inheriting the Thread class, a class extends Thread and can override the run() method to provide the thread's implementation.

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Monday, June 22, 2020 7:55 AM

Thread :

The smallest unit or sequence of execution is known as a


Thread.

Note :

1. Every thread has its own stack and PC ( Program Counter )


2. One Process can have multiple threads, it is known as multi-
threading.
3. Multi-thread is required to achieve parallel execution. ( that is
to execute more than one instruction at a same time )
4. All the threads of the process share the resources of the
process, That is all the threads share the same code segment,
same data segment of a process. But will have a separate stack
segment for execution

Thread Life Cycle :

new stage : When a Thread is just created it is in new State,


it remains to stay in the same stage until it is
started.
Runnable Stage: When a new thread is started, the thread goes to
runnable stage, in this stage the thread is
considered as ready for execution.
Running Stage: The thread which is under execution is in the
running stage.
Wait stage / When the thread in the running is stopped, then
Block stage the thread goes to the wait stage. The thread
remains to be in the same stage until
1. another thread signals to the waiting thread.
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1. another thread signals to the waiting thread.
2. Timed Wait : it stays in this stage for a given
specific time, after which the thread goes back to
runnable stage.
Dead stage / A thread goes to dead stage once the given task is
Terminated Stage completed. ( if thread reaches this stage the stack
of the thread is removed )

Properties of Thread :

1. Thread ID
2. Thread Name
3. Thread Priority

In Java, we can create threads in two ways :

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1. by inheriting Thread class.
2. by implementing Runnable interface.

In Java we have a class java.lang.Thread which helps us to create


threads.

Note :

1. java.lang.Thread extends java.lang.Object class


2. java.lang.Thread implements Runnable interface

public class Thread extends Object implements Runnable

1st Method: By inheriting Thread Class

Step1 : class must extends Thread class.

Step2 : We can override run() method of thread class, to provide


programmers desired implementation.

Example : refer : workspace/threads/src/pack1

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