Set Thread Priority : Thread Attributes « Threads « Java
Set Thread Priority
public class SetPriority extends Object {
private static Runnable makeRunnable() {
Runnable r = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
System.out.println("in run() - priority=" + t.getPriority()
+ ", name=" + t.getName());
try {
Thread.sleep(2000);
} catch (InterruptedException x) {
}
}
}
};
return r;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Thread threadA = new Thread(makeRunnable(), "threadA");
threadA.setPriority(8);
threadA.start();
Thread threadB = new Thread(makeRunnable(), "threadB");
threadB.setPriority(2);
threadB.start();
Runnable r = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
Thread threadC = new Thread(makeRunnable(), "threadC");
threadC.start();
}
};
Thread threadD = new Thread(r, "threadD");
threadD.setPriority(7);
threadD.start();
try {
Thread.sleep(3000);
} catch (InterruptedException x) {
}
threadA.setPriority(3);
System.out.println("in main() - threadA.getPriority()="
+ threadA.getPriority());
}
}
