The Java Developers Almanac 1.4

e95. Pausing the Current Thread

See also e96 Pausing a Thread

    try {
        long numMillisecondsToSleep = 5000; // 5 seconds
        Thread.sleep(numMillisecondsToSleep);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
    }

Related Examples

e92. Creating a Thread
e93. Stopping a Thread
e94. Determining When a Thread Has Finished
e96. Pausing a Thread
e97. Determining If the Current Thread Is Holding a Synchronized Lock
e98. Allowing an Application with Live Threads to Exit
e99. Listing All Running Threads
e100. Using a Thread-Local Variable
e101. Getting the Stack Trace of an Exception
e102. Implementing a Work Queue

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