java.lang

Class Thread.State

public static class Thread.State extends Enum<Thread.State>

Represents the current state of a thread, according to the VM rather than the operating system. It can be one of the following:

NEW -- The thread has just been created but is not yet running.
RUNNABLE -- The thread is currently running or can be scheduled to run.
BLOCKED -- The thread is blocked waiting on an I/O operation or to obtain a lock.
WAITING -- The thread is waiting indefinitely for another thread to do something.
TIMED_WAITING -- The thread is waiting for a specific amount of time for another thread to do something.
TERMINATED -- The thread has exited.

Since: 1.5

Field Summary
static Thread.State	BLOCKED
static Thread.State	NEW
static Thread.State	RUNNABLE
static Thread.State	TERMINATED
static Thread.State	TIMED_WAITING
static List<Thread.State>	VALUES An immutable list containing the values comprising this enum class in the order they're declared.
static Thread.State	WAITING

Method Summary
List<Thread.State>	family() Returns an immutable list containing the values comprising this enum class in the order they're declared.
static Thread.State	valueOf(String name) Static factory to return the enum constant pertaining to the given string name.

Method Detail

family

public final List<Thread.State> family()

Returns an immutable list containing the values comprising this enum class in the order they're declared. This instance method simply returns VALUES. Few programmers should have any need to use this method. It is provided for use by sophisticated enum-based data structures to prevent the need for reflective access to VALUES.

Returns: an immutable list containing the values comprising this enum class, in the order they're declared.

valueOf

public static final Thread.State valueOf(String name)

Static factory to return the enum constant pertaining to the given string name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type.

Throws: IllegalArgumentException if this enum class has no constant with the specified name.