Class jls.lang.Thread

This class represents a thread. Each thread is an execution entity that is scheduled independently from other threads in the same process.
Defined in: Thread.js.

Class Summary
Constructor Attributes	Constructor Name and Description
	jls.lang.Thread(daemon, shared) Creates a thread.

Method Summary
Method Attributes	Method Name and Description
	close() Closes this thread.
	join() Joins this thread.
	run() This method should be overriden, it is called in the thread.
<static>	jls.lang.Thread.sleep(ms) Causes the currently executing thread to sleep.
	start(thisArg) Starts this thread.

Class Detail

jls.lang.Thread(daemon, shared)

Creates a thread.

Parameters:
{Boolean} daemon Optional: The thread is a daemon.
{Boolean} shared Optional: Whether the thread to create shares the current context.

See:: jls.lang.Monitor; jls.lang.Lock

Method Detail

{jls.lang.Thread} close()

Closes this thread.

Returns:: {jls.lang.Thread} This thread.

{jls.lang.Thread} join()

Joins this thread.

Returns:: {jls.lang.Thread} This thread.

run()

This method should be overriden, it is called in the thread.

<static> jls.lang.Thread.sleep(ms)

Causes the currently executing thread to sleep.

Parameters:
{Number} ms Optional: The length of time to sleep in milliseconds.

{jls.lang.Thread} start(thisArg)

Starts this thread.

Parameters:
{Object} thisArg Optional: The object to use as this when running this thread.

Returns:: {jls.lang.Thread} This thread.

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