Pause Thread Using Sleep Method Example

1. /*
2.   Pause Thread Using Sleep Method Example
3.   This Java example shows how to pause currently running thread using
4.   sleep method of Java Thread class.
5. */
6.  
7. public class PauseThreadUsingSleep {
8.  
9. public static void main(String[] args) {
10.  
11. /*
12. * To pause execution of a thread, use
13. * void sleep(int milliseconds) method of Thread class.
14. *
15. * This is a static method and causes the suspension of the thread
16. * for specified period of time.
17. *
18. * Please note that, this method may throw InterruptedException.
19. */
20.  
21. System.out.println("Print number after pausing for 1000 milliseconds");
22. try{
23.  
24. for(int i=0; i< 5; i++){
25.  
26. System.out.println(i);
27.  
28. /*
29. * This thread will pause for 1000 milliseconds after
30. * printing each number.
31. */
32. Thread.sleep(1000);
33. }
34. }
35. catch(InterruptedException ie){
36. System.out.println("Thread interrupted !" + ie);
37. }
38.  
39. }
40. }
41.  
42. /*
43. Output of this example would be
44.  
45. Print number after pausing for 1000 milliseconds
46. 0
47. 1
48. 2
49. 3
50. 4
51. */