Multi tool use

In multithreading, why the other threads are not working when I have paused one thread for execution

I have three threads in my programming.According to the threading concept all the threads run asynchronously. So every thread is executed by the processor randomly. If I have just paused the execution of one thread by using thread.sleep() then other thread should work . Right??
And when the sleep time for the thread is over then it should again continue with its execution.
But in my case when I am pausing one thread by using t2.sleep(10000) then all other threads are also getting paused. But they should have worked normally while the t2 thread is in wait.Can anyone tell me why is it so?

import java.util.*;
class square extends Thread
{
public int x;
public square(int x)
{
this.x = x;
}
public void run()
{
System.out.println("Square of the number is " + x*x);
}
}
class cube extends Thread
{
public int x;
public cube(int x)
{
this.x = x;
}
public void run()
{
System.out.println("Cube of the number is " + x*x*x);
}
}

class randgen extends Thread
{
public void run()
{
int num=0;
Random r = new Random();
try
{
for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
{
num = r.nextInt(100);
System.out.println("The number generated is " + num);
square t2 = new square(num);
t2.start();
t2.sleep(10000);
cube t3 = new cube(num);
t3.start();

}
}
catch(InterruptedException e)
{
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
public class Main
{
public static void main(String args)
{
randgen obj = new randgen();
obj.start();

}
}


OUTPUT

The number generated is 50
Square of the number is 2500
(After 10s)
Cube of the number is 125000
The number generated is 36
Square of the number is 1296
(After 10s)
The number generated is 75
Cube of the number is 46656
Square of the number is 5625
(After 10s)
The number generated is 92
Cube of the number is 421875
Square of the number is 8464
(After 10s)
The number generated is 0
Cube of the number is 778688
Square of the number is 0
(After 10s)
Cube of the number is 0

Why am I getting the output after 10s ,instead by the concept of thread that thread which I am pausing should only pause for 10s and other thread should work synchronously.

t2

sleep(int millis)

3 Answers
3

Thread.sleep is a static method. Calling t2.sleep(10000) does not pause t2, it pauses the current thread. So what you are actually doing is starting t2, waiting 10 seconds, and then starting t3. If you want to pause thread t2, do not call t2.sleep(10000) from randgen, instead call Thread.sleep(10000) from inside square.run().

Thread.sleep

t2.sleep(10000)

t2.sleep(10000)

Thread.sleep(10000)

square.run()

public void run()
{
Thread.sleep(10000);
System.out.println("Square of the number is " + x*x);
}


because you are calling t2.sleep(10000); from the main thread which cause it to sleep (even though you access it with t2)

t2.sleep(10000);

You can see the answer also here

You can't force other thread to sleep by default.

square t2 = new square(num);
t2.start();
t2.sleep(10000);
cube t3 = new cube(num);
t3.start();


You are sleeping for 10 seconds before you start t3.

t3

Try to put sleep() inside the class:

sleep()

public void run()
{
System.out.println("Square of the number is " + x*x);
sleep(10000);
}


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