Question

I was trying a example of isAlive() method of java threading. But i found that isAlive() method is returning false even if thread has been already started. Can someone please tell me what am i doing wrong? Here is the code snippet.

package app;

public class ThreadAliveDemo {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Thread myThread;

        myThread = new Thread()
        {
            public void run()
            {
                            Thread.sleep(3000);
                System.out.println("My Thread.");
            }
        };

        myThread.setName("My Thread");
        myThread.start();

        if(!myThread.isAlive())
        {
            myThread.setName("My Thread");
            myThread.start();
        }

    }

}

Answer 1

If my memory serves me well java has quite long periods between thread switching so it is possible that the isAlive fails because the thread is not yet alive. Try to add some waiting time between thread.start() and thread.isAlive()