Threads - Beginning Java - page 752

until Enter key pressed
System.out.println("Enter pressed...\n");

} catch (IOException e) { // Handle IO

exception
System.out.println(e); // Output

the exception
}
System.out.println("Ending main()");
return;

}

// Method where thread execution will start
@Override
public void run() {
try {
while(true) { // Loop

indefinitely...
System.out.print(firstName); // Output

first name
sleep(aWhile); // Wait

aWhile msec.
System.out.print(secondName + "\n"); // Output

second name
}
} catch(InterruptedException e) { // Handle

thread interruption
System.out.println(firstName + secondName + e); // Output

the exception
}

}

private String firstName; // Store

for first name
private String secondName; // Store for

second name
private long aWhile; // Delay in

milliseconds
}

TryThread.java

If you compile and run the code, you see something like this:
Press Enter when you have had enough...

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