Week 11: Threads

Threads

• Multitasking vs. Multithreading
• What is a Thread?
• The Thread Classes
• A simple thread
• Multiple threads
• Naming Threads
• Thread Priorities
• Sleep
• Synchronization: the problem
• The synchronized keyword
• Synchronizing on Objects
• How many threads are there?
• Thread Groups
• Daemon Threads
• Yielding Control
• Suspend and Resume
• Joining Threads
• Runnable

Animation

• Animation
• Timing
• Flicker
• Flicker
• Stopping Animations
• Multiple Independent Animations

Continuing Onward

• Books about Java Threads
• Week 11 Exercises