Java tutorial
class NewThread implements Runnable { String name; Thread t; boolean suspendFlag; NewThread(String threadname) { name = threadname; t = new Thread(this, name); System.out.println("New thread: " + t); suspendFlag = false; t.start(); } public void run() { try { for (int i = 15; i > 0; i--) { System.out.println(name + ": " + i); Thread.sleep(200); synchronized (this) { while (suspendFlag) { wait(); } } } } catch (InterruptedException e) { System.out.println(name + " interrupted."); } System.out.println(name + " exiting."); } void mysuspend() { suspendFlag = true; } synchronized void myresume() { suspendFlag = false; notify(); } } class SuspendResume { public static void main(String args[]) { NewThread ob1 = new NewThread("One"); NewThread ob2 = new NewThread("Two"); try { Thread.sleep(1000); ob1.mysuspend(); System.out.println("Suspending thread One"); Thread.sleep(1000); ob1.myresume(); System.out.println("Resuming thread One"); ob2.mysuspend(); System.out.println("Suspending thread Two"); Thread.sleep(1000); ob2.myresume(); System.out.println("Resuming thread Two"); } catch (InterruptedException e) { System.out.println("Main thread Interrupted"); } try { System.out.println("Waiting for threads to finish."); ob1.t.join(); ob2.t.join(); } catch (InterruptedException e) { System.out.println("Main thread Interrupted"); } System.out.println("Main thread exiting."); } }