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Thread.sleep

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Syntax 1

public static native void sleep( long millis ) throws InterruptedException

Parameters
  • millis
    the length of time to sleep in milliseconds.
Description

Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (temporarily cease execution) for the specified number of milliseconds. The thread does not lose ownership of any monitors.

Exceptions

InterruptedException if another thread has interrupted this thread.

See Also

notify

Syntax 2

public static void sleep( long millis**, int** nanos ) throws InterruptedException

Parameters
  • millis
    the length of time to sleep in milliseconds.
  • nanos
    0-999999 additional nanoseconds to sleep.
Description

Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (cease execution) for the specified number of milliseconds plus the specified number of nanoseconds. The thread does not lose ownership of any monitors.

Exceptions

IllegalArgumentException if the value of millis is negative or the value of nanos is not in the range 0-999999.

Exceptions

InterruptedException if another thread has interrupted this thread.

See Also

notify