How to set the priority of a thread in Java



Problem Description

How to set the priority of a thread?

Solution

Following example how to set the priority of a thread with the help of.

public class new_file {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
      Thread thread1 = new Thread();
      Thread thread2 = new Thread();
      thread1.setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY);
      thread2.setPriority(Thread.MIN_PRIORITY);
      thread1.start();
      thread2.start();
      thread1.join();
      thread2.join();
      System.out.println("The priority has been set.");
   }
}

Result

The above code sample will produce the following result.

The priority has been set.
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