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ashwin bhawsar Ranch Hand Joined: Mar 16, 2011 Posts: 62
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Need help in code regarding join()

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Currently iam learning Threads topic from Kathy Sierra. I am trying to write a typical producer-consumer code that makes use of the join() method of Thread. This is what i want to accomplish : 1> There will be 3 threads Thread_A, Thread_B and Thread_C. 2> Thread_A's job is to continuously take input from the User from console and store it in an ArrayList. The input will be in form of positive integer numbers ( eg: 2, 3, 100, 50 ....). 3> Thraed_B's job is to iterate through the array list and read these values one-by-one and store it in a variable. Thraed_B will not read the next values unless Thread_C has finished its job.( Thread_B has join() on Thread_C) 4> Thread_C's job is to print '#' character in a File as per the values in the variable. So if the values is say 20, then Thread_C will print '#' 20 times in the file. To summarize, if the user has entered (20, 5, 10, 50) then Thread_C should print '#' 20 times, then 5 times then 10 times..... I am not getting where to start the Thread_C.

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I want to keep thread_C running, but doing so thread_B will never move forward as thread_C's run is in while loop, so it will never die.

ashwin bhawsar Ranch Hand Joined: Mar 16, 2011 Posts: 62

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posted 6/8/2012 5:18:27 PM

The approach was wrong. The solution to the problem can be achieved using the wait() and notify() methods. I had put an infinite loop in Thread_C to continually monitor if the Thread_B has written some value, but doing so Thread_C was not exiting the run method and so not going "dead". As Thread_B had join over Thread_C, Thread _B could not go further unless Thread_C was not over and this was not happening. To achieve the goal i have used the wait() and notify() methods. Below is a new code that will make clear how to achieve the goal using wait() and notify() methods. ( Note : The code now does not take any input from the user, instead the producer produce the values)

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