This Java tutorial illustrates how to use Java static sleep() method in Thread. We will create an java Sleep Thread example using the Thread with sleep method.

• Java Thread sleep() is a static method.
• It sleeps the thread for the given time in milliseconds.
• It is used to delay the thread.
• It is used in Applet or GUI programming for animation

Java Sleep Thread Example

public class sleep1 extends Thread {

	public sleep1(String s) {
	super(s);
	}
	@Override
	public void run() {
		for (int i = 1; i <= 4; i++) {
			if (i % 2 == 0) {
				try {
					Thread.sleep(1000);
					System.out.println("Thread is  sleeping  "
							+ Thread.currentThread());
				} catch (Exception e) {
				}
			} 
			else {
				System.out.println("Thread is not  sleeping  "
						+ Thread.currentThread());
			}
		}
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
      sleep1 s1=new sleep1("mythread1");
      sleep1 s2=new sleep1("mythread2");
      s1.start();
      s2.start();
	}
}

Output

Thread is not sleeping Thread[mythread1,5,main] Thread is not sleeping Thread[mythread2,5,main] Thread is sleeping Thread[mythread2,5,main] Thread is sleeping Thread[mythread1,5,main] Thread is not sleeping Thread[mythread1,5,main] Thread is not sleeping Thread[mythread2,5,main] Thread is sleeping Thread[mythread1,5,main] Thread is sleeping Thread[mythread2,5,main]

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