Question

How can I notify Thread t1 and Thread t2 at the same time (so it is the same probability to get hey 1 as hey2 first)? I’ve tried notifyAll, but couldn’t make it work.

class Thr extends Thread
{
    Thr () throws InterruptedException
    {
        Thread t1 = new Thread() {
            public synchronized void run()
            {
                while (true)
                {
                    try {
                        wait();
                    } catch (InterruptedException e1) {
                        e1.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    try
                    {
                        Thread.sleep(1500);
                    } catch (Exception e) { }
                    System.out.println("hey 1");
                }
            }
        };

        Thread t2 = new Thread() {
            public synchronized void run()
            {
                while (true)
                {                    
                    try {
                        wait();
                    } catch (InterruptedException e1) {
                        e1.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    try
                    {
                        Thread.sleep(1500);
                    } catch (Exception e) { }
                    System.out.println("hey 2");
                }
            }
        };

        t1.start();
        t2.start();
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) throws InterruptedException
    {
        new Thr();
    }
}

Answer 1

You should wait on a shared object and use notifyAll as in:

class Thr extends Thread
{
    Thr () throws InterruptedException
    {
        final Object lock = new Object ();

        Thread t1 = new Thread() {
            public void run()
            {
                    try {
                        synchronized (lock) {
                            lock.wait();
                        }
                    } catch (InterruptedException e1) {
                        e1.printStackTrace();
                    }

                    System.out.println("hey 1");
            }
        };

        Thread t2 = new Thread() {
            public synchronized void run()
            {
                    try {
                        synchronized (lock) {
                            lock.wait();
                        }
                    } catch (InterruptedException e1) {
                        e1.printStackTrace();
                    }

                    System.out.println("hey 2");
            }
        };

        t1.start();
        t2.start();
        synchronized (lock) {
            lock.notifyAll ();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) throws InterruptedException
    {
        new Thr();
    }
}