//: c14:ThreadGroup1.java // From Thinking in Java, 2nd Edition // Available at http://www.BruceEckel.com // (c) Bruce Eckel 1999 // Copyright notice in Copyright.txt // How thread groups control priorities // of the threads inside them. public class ThreadGroup1 { public static void main(String[] args) { // Get the system thread & print its Info: ThreadGroup sys = Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup(); sys.list(); // (1) // Reduce the system thread group priority: sys.setMaxPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY - 1); // Increase the main thread priority: Thread curr = Thread.currentThread(); curr.setPriority(curr.getPriority() + 1); sys.list(); // (2) // Attempt to set a new group to the max: ThreadGroup g1 = new ThreadGroup("g1"); g1.setMaxPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY); // Attempt to set a new thread to the max: Thread t = new Thread(g1, "A"); t.setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY); g1.list(); // (3) // Reduce g1's max priority, then attempt // to increase it: g1.setMaxPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY - 2); g1.setMaxPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY); g1.list(); // (4) // Attempt to set a new thread to the max: t = new Thread(g1, "B"); t.setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY); g1.list(); // (5) // Lower the max priority below the default // thread priority: g1.setMaxPriority(Thread.MIN_PRIORITY + 2); // Look at a new thread's priority before // and after changing it: t = new Thread(g1, "C"); g1.list(); // (6) t.setPriority(t.getPriority() -1); g1.list(); // (7) // Make g2 a child Threadgroup of g1 and // try to increase its priority: ThreadGroup g2 = new ThreadGroup(g1, "g2"); g2.list(); // (8) g2.setMaxPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY); g2.list(); // (9) // Add a bunch of new threads to g2: for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) new Thread(g2, Integer.toString(i)); // Show information about all threadgroups // and threads: sys.list(); // (10) System.out.println("Starting all threads:"); Thread[] all = new Thread[sys.activeCount()]; sys.enumerate(all); for(int i = 0; i < all.length; i++) if(!all[i].isAlive()) all[i].start(); // Suspends & Stops all threads in // this group and its subgroups: System.out.println("All threads started"); sys.suspend(); // Deprecated in Java 2 // Never gets here... System.out.println("All threads suspended"); sys.stop(); // Deprecated in Java 2 System.out.println("All threads stopped"); } } ///:~