Communicate between threads using a Queue
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue; import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue; class PrepareProduction implements Runnable { BlockingQueue<String> queue; PrepareProduction(BlockingQueue<String> q) { queue = q; } public void run() { String thisLine; try { queue.put("1"); queue.put("done"); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } class DoProduction implements Runnable { private final BlockingQueue<String> queue; DoProduction(BlockingQueue<String> q) { queue = q; } public void run() { try { String value = queue.take(); while (!value.equals("done")) { value = queue.take(); System.out.println(value); } } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " " + e.getMessage()); } } } public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { BlockingQueue<String> q = new LinkedBlockingQueue<String>(); Thread p1 = new Thread(new PrepareProduction(q)); Thread c1 = new Thread(new DoProduction(q)); p1.start(); c1.start(); p1.join(); c1.join(); } }