Title: Key Concept - Joining a thread
Course: CPS 189: Java Certification - Review, Practice & Prepare (Development) > Section: Learning Modules

- One thread may join another thread.  This means that the former thread will pause execution until the latter thread ends.
- One thread joins another thread with the Thread.join method.
- A numeric argument may be specified that determines how long the pause lasts.  It may be specified in milliseconds, or milliseconds and nanoseconds.
- Like the Thread.sleep method, the Thread.join method is interruptible.

For additional study, view the resources under:

- Level 2 Study Materials: Unit 7