Query about start() and join()

[gunjan khanuja]

I understand that join will ask the current running thread to wait for some time till the thread on which join is invoked gets completed .but if join is invoked on the same thread which was started earlier.then what happens?can anybody please explain that??
Here is the code snippet

public class ProjectNew implements Runnable {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Projectnew n=new Projectnew();
Thread t = new Thread(n);
t.start();
System.out.print("Test 1");
t.join();
System.out.print("Test2");
}

public void run() {
System.out.println("Test 3");
}
}
Please explain how this code works??what actually happens when start and join is called??

[Anayonkar Shivalkar]

In your code, you are starting a thread, and then calling join on it.

When you start thread t, there are actually two threads - main thread and t. Now, you are calling t.join() inside main thread. Here, main thread goes in waiting state till t thread finishes. Once t finishes, main will continue.

I hope this helps.

[gunjan khanuja]

Yes ..thanks..now i hav understood.Problem is resolved.

[Anayonkar Shivalkar]

You are welcome.