Eclipse Warning

[Sondra Colagrossi]

I have the following line in my class ( it's from the JAAS tutorial ) -

 Thread.currentThread().sleep(3000); 

Eclipse gives me a warning
The static method sleep(long) from the type Thread should be accessed in a static way
What does this mean?

[Ilja Preuss]

Sleep is a static method. You should call it like
Thread.sleep(3000);

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

I remember when I first started teaching Java (in 1995!) I made this mistake in my class materials. I've seen other people make the same mistake over the years. It just seems natural to be able to call "sleep()" on some other thread, but it doesn't work that way.

[Sondra Colagrossi]

Thanks guys that fixed it.

[Ilja Preuss]

Originally posted by Sondra Colagrossi:
Thanks guys that fixed it.

BTW, Eclipse could have fixed it for you, too. Just press Ctrl-1 on the error and select the correct fix.