| what is it? |
Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (temporarily cease execution) for the specified time |
Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object. |
| In which Class? |
It is part of the Thread class. |
It belongs to the Object class. |
| Whether releases lock? |
NO |
YES |
| Use |
It is used to introduce pause on execution |
It is used for inter-thread communication |
| Invocation? |
This is a static method which puts the current thread in sleep mode. It does not need any synchronized context.
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Needs to be invoked only inside a synchronized block or synchronized method.
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