一個線程如何知道另一線程已經結束？Thread類提供了回答此問題的方法。
有兩種方法可以判定一個線程是否結束。第一，可以在線程中調用isAlive()。這種方法由Thread定義，它的通常形式如下：
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final boolean isAlive( ) |
如果所調用線程仍在運行，isAlive()方法返回true，如果不是則返回false。但isAlive（）很少用到，等待線程結束的更常用的方法是調用join()，描述如下：
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final void join( ) throws InterruptedException |
該方法等待所調用線程結束。該名字來自于要求線程等待直到指定線程參與的概念。join()的附加形式允許給等待指定線程結束定義一個最大時間。下面是前面例子的改進版本。運用join()以確保主線程最后結束。同樣，它也演示了isAlive()方法。
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// Using join() to wait for threads to finish.class NewThread implements Runnable { String name; // name of thread Thread t; NewThread(String threadname) { name = threadname; t = new Thread(this, name); System.out.println("New thread: " + t); t.start(); // Start the thread } // This is the entry point for thread. public void run() { try { for(int i = 5; i > 0; i--) { System.out.println(name + ": " + i); Thread.sleep(1000); } } catch (InterruptedException e) { System.out.println(name + " interrupted."); } System.out.println(name + " exiting."); }}class DemoJoin { public static void main(String args[]) { NewThread ob1 = new NewThread("One"); NewThread ob2 = new NewThread("Two"); NewThread ob3 = new NewThread("Three"); System.out.println("Thread One is alive: "+ ob1.t.isAlive()); System.out.println("Thread Two is alive: "+ ob2.t.isAlive()); System.out.println("Thread Three is alive: "+ ob3.t.isAlive()); // wait for threads to finish try { System.out.println("Waiting for threads to finish."); ob1.t.join(); ob2.t.join(); ob3.t.join(); } catch (InterruptedException e) { System.out.println("Main thread Interrupted"); } System.out.println("Thread One is alive: "+ ob1.t.isAlive()); System.out.println("Thread Two is alive: "+ ob2.t.isAlive()); System.out.println("Thread Three is alive: "+ ob3.t.isAlive()); System.out.println("Main thread exiting."); }} |
程序輸出如下所示：
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New thread: Thread[One,5,main]New thread: Thread[Two,5,main]New thread: Thread[Three,5,main]Thread One is alive: trueThread Two is alive: trueThread Three is alive: trueWaiting for threads to finish.One: 5Two: 5Three: 5One: 4Two: 4Three: 4One: 3Two: 3Three: 3One: 2Two: 2Three: 2One: 1Two: 1Three: 1Two exiting.Three exiting.One exiting.Thread One is alive: falseThread Two is alive: falseThread Three is alive: falseMain thread exiting. |
如你所見，調用join()后返回，線程終止執行。
