Difference between wait and join

[Sunil Palicha]

What is the difference between wait and join ?

One difference that I am aware of is wait needs to be used in
synchronized method or block whereas join can come right after
start().

Can join be used to act as wait ? If yes, under what conditions ?

[Henry Wong]

Originally posted by Sunil Palicha:
What is the difference between wait and join ?

One difference that I am aware of is wait needs to be used in
synchronized method or block whereas join can come right after
start().

Can join be used to act as wait ? If yes, under what conditions ?

The join() method is used to wait for a thread to complete execution, and the wait() method is used to wait for a notification to be sent on an object. The two conditions are pretty distinctive.

Henry