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public class  Thread
     extends java.lang.Object
{
          // Constructors 1
     private Thread();

          // Methods 5
     public static Object getObject();
     public static Object setObject(Object);
     public static void sleep(long, int) throws InterruptedException;
     public static void yield();
     public static void yieldTo(Thread);

}

A Janos Thread. java.lang.Thread is not visible to threads running on the NodeOS.

There are no visible Thread objects in Janos (all the methods here are static ones). New threads are created either implicitly in response to packets, or explicitly by a call to Flow.threadStart().

Author:

Janos Ministry of Development

See Also: Flow.threadStart

Constructors

· Thread

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   private Thread() 

   public static void yieldTo(Thread yieldTo) 

The mighty directed yield.

The scheduler may honor the argument. Or it may laugh at your suggestion and put the target thread in a black hole just to spite you.

Operates on the current thread, implicitly.

Parameter	Description
yieldTo	the thread that should be run in deference to the current thread.

   public static void yield() 

An undirected yield.

Equivalent to yield(null).

   public static void sleep(long millis, 
                            int nanos)  throws InterruptedException

Put the current thread to sleep for at least the given amount of time.

Operates on the current thread, implicitly.

   public static Object setObject(Object obj) 

Set the per-thread object pointer. Operates on the current thread, implicitly.

Returns the old object.

   public static Object getObject() 

Get the per-thread object pointer. Operates on the current thread, implicitly.

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